hi Cass,
John's article is mostly what i am thinking of a good recording! Record with correct gainstages with a good headroom inside your DAW (also analog) and it will sound more open, clear etc. There is no need to record hot, squashed or whatever - in most cases it will sound thin instead of round, big, with balls - you name it.
in the age of 24Bit there is no need to record neaby the 0dbFs! leave yourself a good amount of headroom -> the converters will not overdrive, you will have a better dynamic range (without distortions) and also a better frequency response.
bye ches
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Originally Posted by Sunbreak Music  I think it's really about gain staging and overloading your analog front end whilst trying to max your levels in your DAW to as close to 0dbfs as possible.
In other words, knowing the useable headroom of your pre and the headroom of your converters so the signal is optimized.
PS. Chester, you should read John's article. |