Common mistake. People think they need to record as hot as possible and that's not the case. Back when DAWs recorded in 16 bits, it was common practice but with 24 bits, it's absolutely unnecessary. Glad it helped.
Slau On May 8, 2014, at 7:05 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just wanted to thank everyone for their help yesterday with my issue > regarding clipping and how to better set levels. Slau, I used the techniques > that you outlined. I'll admit, it's a bit out of my comfort zone. I'm not > use to recording initially at such a low impedance, but man! I did a track > that way, then I raised the volume through a master fader, plus a very very > slight bit of compression, and man! god almighty! what! a difference! I > mean literally! Night! and day! I've never! heard myself sound so clean! > and so crisp! I think guys that was a huge bit where I wasn't getting that > crispness I've been looking for all these years when I kept saying even > dating back to midi mag, about how it was just real muddy. Well, yeah, duh! > Of corse it's gonna be! I mean, when you set yourself up to master and mix > at the same time? Judice! Priest! No frickin wonder! I sounded all muddy! > I mean, I think I was starting my levels on the input gain right at! 0DB. So > yeah... W'w'w'w'w'w'w'wayyyyyyy! too hot! Man, I cranked that thing back, > and boy! did that smoothen things out! I don't know why! I thought it was so > necessary to run things so hot! How could I a been so stupid! It's a > wonder! I didn't fry my equipment putting so much juice through it! Is it > normal, guys? that most people make this mistake when they first get started? > I hope I'm not alone, otherwise, I'm gonna be pretty imbarrassed. LOL! > > Chris. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
