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Originally Posted by stellar how am I supposed to know "that sounded loud enough to be an over". i just don't get it? |
If you have your monitor gain at -6 (which is what you would use for K-14) and you have an over then you will experience a peak of at least 97 db SPL. That's LOUD!!!!! If you have your monitor gain at 0 (which is what you would use for K-20) and you have an over then you will experience a peak of at least 103 db SPL.
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...is this one of those things where if i stop thinking about it and just try it it will make sense?
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Try it out. You don't need a K meter, just a Radio Shack SPL meter. Play this pink noise file
http://www.digido.com/User/Assets/Ac...cor_st_441.WAV in one speaker at a time and set your monitor gain so that the SPL meter (C weighting, slow response) reads 77 (This will be for K-14, but like I said, you don't need a K-meter.). With the monitor gain at that position, do your mixing or mastering, and just try to have an over. Your ears won't let you do it.
JL