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Originally Posted by Darwin James  Adding gain will increase the noise floor. First be sure and record at a decent level. Then I use my compressor gain to get it at the right overall loudness, and wait till I get the fader level in the proper zone before automating. Then just make adjustments to the fader automation. I like the gain from the compressor, since I use the SSL plugs. (You can always send the audio output 1-2 to an aux bus for fine adjustment post automation.) |
Sorry, you totally misunderstood the what I was saying.
I'm talking about mixing, not tracking.
For the purpose of control in volume automation.. The gain plugin is NOT used to add more gain (necessarily), it's used as a intermediate stage of volume automation, which might be pre-compressor (then you comp doesn't work as hard)
Furthermore, this is typically after one layer of light compression, from a hardware comp at tracking stage. I hope this helps clarify.