| About recording levels in DAW
I've recently started recording all my projects peaking at 0dbv (-18Dbfs), and that has really paid off in terms of sound quality, ease of mixes, depth, width etc..
I find a massive difference in the quality of my mixes now, big revelation to me..
However there's one point that I'm not sure about;
Mic preamps and most gear have their sweet spot, at which they perform best.
Say if the best setting on my pre gave an output level superior to the 0dbv desired, should I reduce the virtual input channel from within the DAW(in my case Cubase 4)?
My signal path is always the shortest possible; Mic->Preamp->Aurora AD->soundcard.
I only recently found out that one could lower the recording level from within Cubase,
but that's after the AD stage, so I guess it won't have the same effect as hitting the AD softer, am I right?
What are the alternatives for that?
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