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DarkEcho · 10th June 2008, 05:31 PM

I am running Battery 3, and when I load up a kit and start playing- Battery's internal master level meter usually goes into the red. I have to decrease it by 8dBFS usually, to get it to what I would consider to be a nice, healthy level. (All green, sometimes dipping into the yellow).

The main question I have though, is, because these plugins are generally floating-point.. Does it really matter if it's in the red like mad internally as long as I bring down the DAW fader and avoid actual clipping?

What do you do with floating plugins that are internally in the red?

10th June 2008, 05:31 PM	#1
DarkEcho Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,630	Plugin Clipping Internally: Bad? I am running Battery 3, and when I load up a kit and start playing- Battery's internal master level meter usually goes into the red. I have to decrease it by 8dBFS usually, to get it to what I would consider to be a nice, healthy level. (All green, sometimes dipping into the yellow). The main question I have though, is, because these plugins are generally floating-point.. Does it really matter if it's in the red like mad internally as long as I bring down the DAW fader and avoid actual clipping? What do you do with floating plugins that are internally in the red? __________________ //Hawk Duncan..."Will Mix for Food"... [2.4Ghz MacBook Pro: 4GB RAM, 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive] [Logic Pro 8, Apogee Ensemble, SCA Preamplifiers]