
LI Slim
New member
I have a criticism that I intend to pass on the Flavio if you guys (especially you Tom) agree. There's too much head room. That is, it clips when there is still 1-2dB available.
I did my final mix of a song in which I ended up with what I thought were several peaks at 0dB and one or two quick clips. When I played it back after the mixdown (and mp3 conversion) the overall volume seemed low. We all want our stuff to be as loud as possible without distorting (and without overcompressing), right? I read some advice by Sonusman that the digital recording software often has this headroom, or cushion, and to disregard a few clips as long as it doesn't sound distorted.
So I went back to my tracks and turned up the master, eventually, as I recall, 1.6dB. I also found the "playback vu-meter anticipates the output" setting under preferences, which tells you the positive dB reading on the playback meter instead of just saying "clip". I had all this red flashing at me, but guess what: the positive dB reading never exceeded zero and there was no distortion.
I'm glad that N-track makes it possible for me to monitor and fix all this but I hate being told that my song is clipping like crazy when it's not. So I don't like having the headroom. Do you agree?
I did my final mix of a song in which I ended up with what I thought were several peaks at 0dB and one or two quick clips. When I played it back after the mixdown (and mp3 conversion) the overall volume seemed low. We all want our stuff to be as loud as possible without distorting (and without overcompressing), right? I read some advice by Sonusman that the digital recording software often has this headroom, or cushion, and to disregard a few clips as long as it doesn't sound distorted.
So I went back to my tracks and turned up the master, eventually, as I recall, 1.6dB. I also found the "playback vu-meter anticipates the output" setting under preferences, which tells you the positive dB reading on the playback meter instead of just saying "clip". I had all this red flashing at me, but guess what: the positive dB reading never exceeded zero and there was no distortion.
I'm glad that N-track makes it possible for me to monitor and fix all this but I hate being told that my song is clipping like crazy when it's not. So I don't like having the headroom. Do you agree?