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Originally Posted by the1Hub whoever said they mix at 45db thats crazy. at that level your getting really close to the ambient noise floor of a normal room. are you working at home or in a studio. even at a studio that barely audible enough to make any sonic deciesions. i had a friend that use to set his vocal level by turning everything down till it was just noise and then bring the vocals up in the mix so that he could just begin to make out the words. i tried it but the mix never translated well as far as the balance was concerned. |
Well, that was me, so here goes. First off, my meter doesn't go below 50, so I'm guessing. My understanding is that a whisper at 5 meters is 30 db, and normal conversation can range from 40 to 60 db.
There is no difference to my ears monitoring at 80 or 83 db. The balance sounds the same, the later is just a little louder. And, hell, I move around the room, or lean back, and that changes the balance much more than 3db on the volume knob. What's interesting is the balance at very low levels and very high levels. And my point is, I set the vocal level at very low playback volume.