Hi - I'm brand new to this forum, and have been reading it obsessively for hours now - so much great info!
Anyway, though I'd post a question of my own. Basically, all the reading I'm doing is telling me to get my signal as hot as possible w/o clipping. So for now, I'm getting the LED's to peak around +4, which I've read is good. I record the track, rewind, and play it back.
Now, the issue: when I play it back, with the fader at the same level, the LED's don't even hit 0, let alone the original +4 they were peaking at. My questions are: is this normal? do you usually lose some volume like this? or am I doing something wrong, like missing some basic rule for gain staging? I've come a long way with all the reading I've been doing about gain staging, but I just can't figure this out. Thanks for any help!!
Anyway, though I'd post a question of my own. Basically, all the reading I'm doing is telling me to get my signal as hot as possible w/o clipping. So for now, I'm getting the LED's to peak around +4, which I've read is good. I record the track, rewind, and play it back.
Now, the issue: when I play it back, with the fader at the same level, the LED's don't even hit 0, let alone the original +4 they were peaking at. My questions are: is this normal? do you usually lose some volume like this? or am I doing something wrong, like missing some basic rule for gain staging? I've come a long way with all the reading I've been doing about gain staging, but I just can't figure this out. Thanks for any help!!