![]() And similar trimming/boosting operations might need to be performed on additional pieces of gear in an analog signal chain. And you go back and forth between them to find a happy medium between the two. But what about for quiet passages, where the signal level would be too low if the gain was turned down too much? Well, that's gain staging step 2. You have to set the preamp's gain control low enough so that it won't distort when the performer hits peaks. Example: you've got a mic plugged into a preamp. So if you lower the level of the signal coming into the channel strip by way of the -20 dB gain plugin, the signal will be -20 dB lower on its way to any effects.īTW, gain staging is a procedure that's only really applicable in analog signal flow, not digital signal flow. That's because your sends are set to be either post fader or post pan (which is also post fader). If anyone can help explain this, I would be very grateful! This thread has been very useful to me - but I wonder why now, having inserted -20db gain plugins everywhere, delays coming from a delay bus seem suddenly very quiet: I would have thought that all the volume levels have moved together. Been trying out this way for only a short time so far and have found it very good for my workflow. In other words, as previously stated - turn everything in the mixer down!!!Īnyways, my own 2 cents. Even if you were to master your final track yourself, you have given yourself a lot of room to work with to bring back the volume you require/desire on the track with good quality hardware/plug-ins that will enhance the sound instead of pushing an already 'pushed' sounding master. It takes some getting used to, but the reward I feel, is better sounding mixes with more headroom for a good mastering house to work its magic. In the past when I've been working on a mix I've always been conscious of the fact to keep my master quite low for post production mastering, but realised that I was still running my tracks quite hot ( but not above 0db) and with this method it just sort of made sense.Įverything in the mixer is running quite cool and I feel the tracks are separated quite a lot more clearly now(more defined bass / drums etc). 20db on the gain plugin (including all Aux's channels and Master) and then using the faders accordingly to taste as you would normally when mixing.Īs was previously said in the post - I've turned my monitors up to compensate for the loss of volume (I never mix too loud anyways). The method described on the other forum is what I've been working with.
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