Also, if you send the drums to a bus, you can put a limiter on the bus. Drums do well with limiting. That way, the problem peaks get taken care of without affecting the whole mix.
It'll probably sound more constricted than distorted but I bet if you clip the heck out of your master bus you'll be able to hear it.
This completely depends on what "in the red" means in your DAW. Different meters are different, and many are configurable.So once again, the moral is; Keep it out of the red.
I would think the key here (Miroslav's and PFR's posts) is sorting out a) how much over 0dBFS are we talking about?
I think the DAW while playing back within its 32 bit FP system, is making some kind of compensation for the converters.
Again...I had the DAW slamming at +12 dBFS...the soft console for the converter set at the normal +4 reference level, and there the meter only goes to 0 dBFS....regardless of what I was seeing in the DAW.
So all in the red, cranked...and NO digital clipping.
I know it was LOUD as hell, because I had to turn my Monitors way lower to keep from blowing out my ears from their usual monitoring setting...so yeah, it wasn't just a visual metering thing...there was some serious volume, but still no digital clipping.
That said, if I bounce out an audio file like that...and then play it back, it's clipped to the max.
There is no point. Something very, very strange is going on with his rig. It doesn't act like anyone elses, so explaining it is a waste of time, since it will apply to no one else.Can we make a Cliff's Notes in layman's terms?
It's getting so technical, and I can't keep up with all this.
Something very, very strange is going on with his rig. It doesn't act like anyone elses, so explaining it is a waste of time, since it will apply to no one else.
Now I'm thinking we've had this discussion before, with Miro I guess? But danged if I remember what came of it.
Interesting if it's the meter scaling?