Slau,
I have a question then,
I find that on my monitors, if I leave my volume slider in ProTools on a vocal
track at 0%, then on my interface, I turn my gain dial way down to the point
where in PT, on that track, it shows -18DB, that is so profusely quiet, that I
literally almost cannot even hear it unless I turn my monitors almost 3 fourths
the way up. Which of corse is way! way! quieter than Voiceover speech, or say
my music instrument tracks etc. In order to get a good level that is audible,
I'm having to way raise that gain. Even if I don't raise the gain on my
interface, but pull the slider on the track in PT all the way to +12DB, which
is practically all the way up, it only then starts! to become audible. I know
you're probably saying, then, ok, Chris, you're music is way way way too hot.
Crank it way the hell down! If I do that, then again, the over all level is
very crisp and clean and doesn't clip, but at the same time, compared to my
over all volume, PT not with standing, the recording volume is so pathetically
low in comparison to everything else, that if I crank it up enough to hear it,
any other sound that gets fed through like Alex from Voiceover etc. literally
is deafening! I understand we're talking two different levels here. the one
on my interface is the input volume, whilst the one on the track in PT is the
output volume, I totally get that. I'm just not sure how to keep that input
gain on my interface real real low, yet achieve the same level on the output
volume without having to bring that input gain so hot. I do have an insert I
sometimes pop on a vocal track, it's just one of the default pre-installed
dynamic compression plugins, and yeah, if I set the preset to vocal leveler, it
helps some, but I don't always want compression. All I need is an output
volume only boost. I thought about using a Pre, if I could find a good
hardware one that was accessible, but even that is gonna be for the input gain,
not the output.
So, if you have any suggestions, or think you may know what is going on, let me
know.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: Slau Halatyn
To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Monitoring levels
Chris,
If you're in danger of clipping, you're recording way too hot. With something
like a vocal, your final peak should be -9 to -6 dB full scale. That means your
average level should be in the range of -18 to -12 dB. That's what headroom is
for. You're recording with 24 bits which give you a theoretical dynamic range
of of 140 decibels. The sources you're recording are nowhere near 140 decibels,
not even close. By pulling back your level, you'll eliminate any concern over
clipping. Pro Tools is designed to have average levels at -18 dB. 18 decibels
of headroom is plenty for just about anything you'll ever record.
Slau
On May 7, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm 100% perfectly aware that I can monitor the level of an individual
track by interacting with it, then finding the meter, and then, I can keep
hitting vo+F3 to read what's under the Voiceover cursor. what however I'm
looking for, is something slightly more robust. Is there a way, and if so,
how, that I could asign a hotspot or something similar then have it where it
won't read the meter automatically, no, however, if, and only! if, I clip,
it'll automatically trigger voiceover to say clipped, or to read the meter in
such of a way I'll know I'm clipping? Sometimes, with my hearing loss, it's
slightly tricky for me to know audibly, until it gets where it's so badly
clipping, that it's flat out disgusting. The issue is, yeah, I could manually
look, but what if I only clip on say, one note? If I sing right over that note
for instance then check the meter one or two notes early/late, I might miss
something very very important. I'm just wonderring the best way to hit that
meter dead spot on, so I know instantly! that I'm clipping.
Chris.
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