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BlakeJohnsonCSR · 29th July 2008

So I'm trying to understand both sides here...maybe you can better help me through my current situation.

I am tracking drums right now and I am not taking the approach of getting a good mix with all the faders at unity. And it is kind of funny because I had a guy come into my studio last week to do a drum session and he had very low levels on his overheads and room mics, yet he said he didn't care about levels because he was ultimately satisfied with the sound of it.

So a week later I am doing a different drum session, and using a different approach. Is it bad that the inputs on my AD-16x are indicating clipping levels yet it shows no evidence of clipping within Pro Tools? I don't hear any clipping either.

29th July 2008	#39
BlakeJohnsonCSR Gear Head Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 33	So I'm trying to understand both sides here...maybe you can better help me through my current situation. I am tracking drums right now and I am not taking the approach of getting a good mix with all the faders at unity. And it is kind of funny because I had a guy come into my studio last week to do a drum session and he had very low levels on his overheads and room mics, yet he said he didn't care about levels because he was ultimately satisfied with the sound of it. So a week later I am doing a different drum session, and using a different approach. Is it bad that the inputs on my AD-16x are indicating clipping levels yet it shows no evidence of clipping within Pro Tools? I don't hear any clipping either.