OK so in garageband I imported an MP3 of some Avril Lavigne song. It was not clipping according to the track's fader, but the master fader was all red! What's the deal, there was no mastering on the track (probably). It was a new track and I didn't do anything to the master. Weird.
Also I was playing a loop of a drum track I recorded, I was using a compressor to even the snare hits out. I highlighted 4 bars and looped them, as they had the extreme louds and softs in the timespan. The fader would not show the same peaks and valleys every time, why would it be inconsistent?!?! Seems unreliable.
Also does the fader (is that what you call the green/yellow/red lights?) span from -144db to 0db? There is no info (numbers) with GB's faders which is frustrating. It would be easier to use a compressor if you knew exactly what the amplitude was of your hard and soft hits.
Thanks for reading
Also I was playing a loop of a drum track I recorded, I was using a compressor to even the snare hits out. I highlighted 4 bars and looped them, as they had the extreme louds and softs in the timespan. The fader would not show the same peaks and valleys every time, why would it be inconsistent?!?! Seems unreliable.
Also does the fader (is that what you call the green/yellow/red lights?) span from -144db to 0db? There is no info (numbers) with GB's faders which is frustrating. It would be easier to use a compressor if you knew exactly what the amplitude was of your hard and soft hits.
Thanks for reading