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Originally posted by Charles Dye
Would it be possible to compensate by lowering the Master Faders for any of the outputs you are using for outboard? This would allow you to use more digital resolution when recording, and then optimize the "sweeter" (my term for lack of a better) sounding range of the outputs. Does that make sense? |
(Where's that icon, Jules?)
We've gone round and round on this here at the studio... Yes, it is possible to lower all the faders and mix the higher res tracks @ lower output levels. But, the tradeoff is the resolution of volume automation (which I still use PT for) at the bottom of the fader's scale.
Six of one / half dozen of the other? Sample resolution vs. Signal to Noise...
We've tried both methods, recallibrated, and come to the conclusion that the cure (lowering faders) is worse than the disease. We're tracking though some decent convertors (10 channels of Crane Song+) so the sample resolution thing doesn't present as much of a problem as the fader resolution thing...
Any Rocket Scientists feel free to jump right in!