 How Hot?, What is the best input level to record? |
 Fri 2 Dec 2005, 22:46
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Hi, everyone. I'm just trying to get a round-about idea of what the best recording level is in logic.
To put it another way: Should I be aiming for 0 to gt the hottest sound possible? |
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Sun 4 Dec 2005, 15:25
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The other school of thought believes that you can also pull a hot signal back when mixing. However, if you record something at -18dB and then boost it when mixing, you haven't used an optimum number of bits in the original, so the smoothness of the approximated curve appears more "steplike" when amplified.
Whatever works for you..... |
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miaba How Hot? Fri 2 Dec 2005, 22:46
musos The closer you get to 0, the more bits you use to ... Fri 2 Dec 2005, 23:08 swilder Digital Distortion = Very very bad.
Recording at ... Sat 3 Dec 2005, 05:17 rickenbacker It turns out that getting as close to 0dB as possi... Sat 3 Dec 2005, 21:09 beyaRecords From a final mastering point of view and I quot0e ... Sun 4 Dec 2005, 11:34
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