+4 line level.Hi, just wondering what levels everyone is trying to record at.
You know, I have no idea ! Whether I'm using an external pre~amp or the onboard pre~amp on my ancient Akai DPS12i, I just set the knobs and shout really loudly or play vigorously and back off the level if my noise clips. Once not clipping, I like to keep a healthy {ie, loud} level.just wondering what levels everyone is trying to record at
Basically doing the eyeballed nominal setting. Usually about 12 to 15 tracks recording a classic rock style song. Is there anything to trying not to overdrive the master buss or do I just simply turn it down?Well, digital recording along with pretty dead quiet mic pres in even basic interfaces gives you a lot of room to adjust things after the fact, but -18dB doesn’t mean much by itself. Is that peak? RMS? LUFS? Eyeballed nominal? And, then what and/or who are you recording and what will you do with the tracks? An experienced session player can be dialed in tightly while your buddy from high school probably needs a little more room so the stray peaks don’t clip.
For me, recording level needs to take into account, to some degree, how many total tracks I’ll have (usually just a few) and so I try to simply keep peaks at -10dBFS plus or minus. That’s a place where I can get a “static” mix quickly with just a few gain adjustments on the tracks before messing with automation and compression, and still have plenty of room to land at a target loudness and keep the dynamic range where I’m happy.
Yah this sounds about right. Pretty well fighting everything from the get go lol.you’re probably making a lot of work for yourself having to pull everything down before you can really
No, you have something wrong there friend. Digital recording systems sound exactly the same whether recording at a gnats under 0dBFS* or way down at -50. Obviously you have to increase the GAIN of the monitoring system to hear the same SPL.I have found when recording DI with my project bass with EMG-GZR pickups, lower input levels don't really allow the character of the PUs to come out, so a -18dB setting (at the fader meter) results in tame sounds. Increasing to +4dB or +6dB (at fader meter) produces the characteristic growl the PUs are noted for.
What does that mean ?Digital recording systems sound exactly the same whether recording at a gnats under 0dBFS* or way down at -50
whether recording at 'a gnats'
A Gnats , is the name of his buddy?What does that mean ?
Ya , so record the track..Don't go above zero.percussive sources are different. You have to set those by peak, keeping their peaks below 0 dBFS.
set the limiters there? Them who? -12..and smash it against the wall?I typically set them to about -12 dBFS
frickn' A. I'm fine with -6, and if it gets to -1 without going over, I call that a win.
Ahh. I was talking about running +4 line level as opposed to -10(or-20)instrument. Not cranking it past 0 dbfs on the 'magic meter'. You may have been joking..Are you Joe King?Increasing to +4dB or +6dB (at fader meter) produces the characteristic growl the PUs are noted for.