move the gain knob of volume fader

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Farview said:
nope, you said
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Well isn't that right? You wanna get the most volume you can(without normalizing), meaning that you get the cleanest signal. And peaks don't sound good.

Ok, I'm too used to working on already calibrated stuff, in college. Could you explain the methods of calibrating, or point me somewhere that does a good job of explaining? They didn't teach us anything like this at college.

Cheers
 
pandamonk said:
Well isn't that right? You wanna get the most volume you can(without normalizing), meaning that you get the cleanest signal. And peaks don't sound good.

Ok, I'm too used to working on already calibrated stuff, in college. Could you explain the methods of calibrating, or point me somewhere that does a good job of explaining? They didn't teach us anything like this at college.

Cheers
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List your gear and then apply it to the previous posts made by Farview and it should work out.
 
pandamonk said:
Well isn't that right? You wanna get the most volume you can(without normalizing), meaning that you get the cleanest signal. And peaks don't sound good.

Ok, I'm too used to working on already calibrated stuff, in college. Could you explain the methods of calibrating, or point me somewhere that does a good jobn of explaining?

Cheers
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No, did you read the rest of the thread?

What you want to do is:
1. Get your signal to average around line level (0dbVU)
2. Set your converters so they have enough headroom

The clearest signal happens at line level. Line level is somewhere around -18dbfs.
 
Farview said:
No, did you read the rest of the thread?

What you want to do is:
1. Get your signal to average around line level (0dbVU)
2. Set your converters so they have enough headroom

The clearest signal happens at line level. Line level is somewhere around -18dbfs.
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Ahh, missed post #11
 
Nick The Man said:
List your gear and then apply it to the previous posts made by Farview and it should work out.
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Don't have any gear atm, but plan on getting:

preamps
FOCUSRITE OCTOPRE LE
RME QUADMIC
SPL GOLDMIKE
CPEQ-Box

AD/DA converter
Echo Layla 3G

Software
Sonar Producers Edition 6

Although these could change.
 
so basically most recording will be recorded and peak around -12 at the highest, then when mixing use the volume faders on there and then during mastering raise the volume the rest of the way correct?

and also

so farview: when your recording a band like in your live room and you have like a drummer and a guitarist.. all your volume faders are all just at 0dB the whole time.. thats it? Kinda defeats the purpose of even having them. But then again i guess the fader is meant for people how dont use computers and need to do FADE outs and ins correct?
 
Nick The Man said:
so farview: when your recording a band like in your live room and you have like a drummer and a guitarist.. all your volume faders are all just at 0dB the whole time.. thats it? Kinda defeats the purpose of even having them. But then again i guess the fader is meant for people how dont use computers and need to do FADE outs and ins correct?
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Yes, the faders are at 0db. The faders are for mixing, not really recording. (like most of the stuff on a mixer)

Where the meters in the computer peak depends on the type of sound you are recording. If you record a super distorted guitar, your peaks will be around -14, if you record a snare drum the peaks will be close to clipping.

The peaks are not important, the average level is. It's unfortunate that not everything has VU meters anymore. It confuses people who started on digital and have no analog experience.
 
ahhh ok i see thanks again .............. i hope you are enjoying that fruit basket;)
 
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