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Old 30th July 2008   #78
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Originally Posted by peeder View Post
Gain staging IMO is 50% of audio engineering. It's far too subtle an issue to make broad sweeping statements about what is right and wrong. Each device often has numerous gain stages within it, each an opportunity for glory and tragedy, and the whole chain has to be considered as a system.

After you've learned everything else, you'll still be learning about gain staging.
Peeder, you rock!

Experimenting with differing preamp coloration is a way more interesting and effective use of time than attempting to track so that all my virtual faders end up in a line.
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.....Along with a link to one or three of their own mixes that demonstrate what the poster is claiming. Otherwise, they're just blowin' smoke out their @ss and asking me to breathe deep.
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