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Originally Posted by minister ??
good audio practice = DON'T PRINT HOT LEVELS INTO YOUR DAW!
this is the correct way to calibrate. you really should be calibrating -18dBFS = O VU. and you should be recording, on average -18dBFS levels into your DAW. because, yes, otherwise you are overdriving your analog gear. anaologue gear like 0VU. with 24 bit, the -18 signal is still fantastic. make up for the level later with faders or make up gain. |
That's absolutely untrue. You are only overdriving your analog gear because you are choosing to use a low calibration level. With the proper calibration level this is not an issue. Even the converter manufacturers such as Apogee say the converters run most opimally at -12dBFS.
And your idea ONLY works if you are the only one involved in your project. I have yet to ever get a project where the average signal lies around -18dBFS, thus using -18dBFS means that the input to my console would pretty much always be clipping. If you don't use -18dBFS like most people do, then you don't have to worry about any of these issues.
so with all due respect, good audio advice is "DONT PRINT HOT IN YOUR DAW ONLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO CALIBRATE TO -18"
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