Volume while mixing question

[ez_willis]

isnt 80 DB clipping

That reference is to monitoring levels, not recording levels.

 

[Farview]

isnt 80 DB clipping

There are a number of db scales. This is 80db SPL which is sound pressure, it refers to the volume of the sound coming out of your speakers.

Recording levels in a digital realm are measured as db FS. The FS is for Full Scale. 0db is as high as you can go.

Recording levels on analog equipment are measured as dbVU (volume units) On this scale, 0db is the level that will give you a line level signal. You can exceed 0db by a certain amount before distortion. What ever that certain amount is is called headroom.

There are also dbu and dbv which are used in measuring voltage. There is also something called a DB that I can't remember what it is for. (it isn't used very much)

 

[ez_willis]

There is also something called a DB that I can't remember what it is for. (it isn't used very much)

DB Sweeney?

 

[GamezBond]

There are a number of db scales. This is 80db SPL which is sound pressure, it refers to the volume of the sound coming out of your speakers.

Recording levels in a digital realm are measured as db FS. The FS is for Full Scale. 0db is as high as you can go.

Recording levels on analog equipment are measured as dbVU (volume units) On this scale, 0db is the level that will give you a line level signal. You can exceed 0db by a certain amount before distortion. What ever that certain amount is is called headroom.

There are also dbu and dbv which are used in measuring voltage. There is also something called a DB that I can't remember what it is for. (it isn't used very much)

Mainstream albums are mostly recorded and mixed digitally, and mastered on analog equipment right?

 

[Commander]

Checking the mix from behind a closed door is always a good idea, as is turning the volume right down to just about audible. Another good thing to try is to get hold of one Auratone speaker and check the mix really quietly in mono. This will show up any imbalances that you often won't hear in stereo.

I use a full range Genelec 1032 system with subwoofer at one end of the studio and a pair of Genelec 1030s with sub at the other, but I do most of my balancing on a pair of JBL control 1s; very cheap but very revealing!

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Mainstream albums are mostly recorded and mixed digitally, and mastered on analog equipment right?

Not necessarily -- I don't think such a blanket statement can be made.....