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Old 25th October 2005   #1
frist44
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Tracking levels?

With all the discussion about digital levels and whether lowering the fader actually lowers the bit rate sent to the master buss, let's take a drum kit for example....

how many people would track the levels to sort of pre-mix the drum kit? Like you might not have the overhead and room pres so hot, so with the faders at 0dB in the computer or even on a console, you have a pretty good rough balance of the drum kit. So come mixdown, not many extreme volume adjustments need to be made.

I guess for those who are looking for a certain sweet spot on a pre, might be totally against this thinking as the level you're looking for might be far off from a balanced level in the mix.

any thoughts?

Brandon
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