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Mike Brown · 24th July 2008

Its definitely a preference thing.

At 24 bits the noise floor is a moot point. And with digital editing, even quiet sections can be dead quiet.

I know a few people do this with drums and then subconciously do this with everything else.

Works well for them I guess.

Pros: Easy rough mixes i guess, but when you seriously start mixing you are throwing up/pulling down stuff so often that it wouldn't matter too much.

Cons: Making sure you have enough signal of things that won't sit high in the mix... pads, HighHat, Ride, BG Vox, etc etc You don't want to not have enough of these elements or for them to sound anemic from lack of driving the pre-amp.

24th July 2008	#2
Mike Brown Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,188	Its definitely a preference thing. At 24 bits the noise floor is a moot point. And with digital editing, even quiet sections can be dead quiet. I know a few people do this with drums and then subconciously do this with everything else. Works well for them I guess. Pros: Easy rough mixes i guess, but when you seriously start mixing you are throwing up/pulling down stuff so often that it wouldn't matter too much. Cons: Making sure you have enough signal of things that won't sit high in the mix... pads, HighHat, Ride, BG Vox, etc etc You don't want to not have enough of these elements or for them to sound anemic from lack of driving the pre-amp.