Tube, can you explain it to me? Thanks in advance.
This is what I read:
"Any way. To make this perfectlt clear:
When Tracking:
1. First, before anything else, Adjust the monitor level faders as such:
Kick Drum @ 0db (Odb on the fader)
Snare Drum @ -5db
ALL ELSE @ -10 db
2. Adjust levels and balance "to tape" so that things sound fat and balanced.
3. Doing this will:
A. Create proper headroom depending on the inante characteristics of each type of source track.
for example: A Kick drum is very transient and with lots of low frequency information (compared to say a marshall gtr track). If It's monmitor fader is at 0db, and the bass, vocals, gtrs, keys...ect....are at -10db, it's got enough headroom right off the bat with out having to over compensate "to tape"
B. Also since most people start off getting sounds/balance with the kit before the "other stuff" thjis sets you up for a potentially great balance.
C. From overdubs on...you'll have FAST roughs up. The great balance you achieved in tracking will be there quickly.
Getting a good FAT kick with the bass aroound it supporting the vocal is a quick way to make the mix pump...nad this will help."
And it also says:
"What this will do is give you a very proper gainstructure reference. You then ballance all the signals to tape so that it sounds like you would want at the final mix with this monitor ballance. I know this goes against that "maximize all bits/hotest signal to tape" stuff...but the trade off is in many ways superior. The kick, being low freq. in nature will have 10db to start with over the other tracks, same with the snare, and since they're very dynamic and transient they need the extra level relative to a high rmxs signal like a bass or gtr. Also, a great side benifit, every time you switch to another song, you'll have a slamming abllnce in no time flat. You'll be suprised at how well this works if you try it. "
