Viewing the exact level of the signal - C4

mortlar · 12th October 2007

I´m relatively new to cubase 4.
My singal chain is mic-->Apogee ensemble-->C4
What i need to know is: Where can i read exactly what´s happening to my signal? I can see when it´s clipping, and i see waveform, but i feel that that isn´t precise enough. I need to know:

1 How high are the signal peaks from the apogee preamps?
2 What (approximately) is my average level?

Can anyone help me out here?

Read a lot just now about how my recordings will probably sound better on lower levels, but i can´t seem to find any way to see my exact level. (because i´m new to cubase etc)

Very grateful for any answers that can help.
Also: how high would you keep the signal peaks when tracking 2 guitars 24/88.2 separately (Guitar 1 first; mono + guitar 2;mono)

Morten

jupiter8 · 12th October 2007

right-click/audio/statistics

mortlar · 12th October 2007

Thats great. thanks.
Any other tips as well that´re related to this?

Punchmo · 13th October 2007

I am only a few months into C4 but this may be of some help so try this...
Bring up your mixer window. In the upper left coner you will see small up/down arrows. Click on the up arrow. You will now see 4 boxes above each channel.
At the bottom of each of these new boxes are another set of up/down arrows.Click on the down arrow and a menu appears that will allow you to change the option and view of this strip.
Scroll to meter and click. You will now see the input level for that channel. I use this option and eq curve quite a bit. Hope this helps,
Steve

mortlar · 14th October 2007

Thanks a lot.

12th October 2007	#1
mortlar Gear Head Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 69 Thread Starter	Viewing the exact level of the signal - C4 I´m relatively new to cubase 4. My singal chain is mic-->Apogee ensemble-->C4 What i need to know is: Where can i read exactly what´s happening to my signal? I can see when it´s clipping, and i see waveform, but i feel that that isn´t precise enough. I need to know: 1 How high are the signal peaks from the apogee preamps? 2 What (approximately) is my average level? Can anyone help me out here? Read a lot just now about how my recordings will probably sound better on lower levels, but i can´t seem to find any way to see my exact level. (because i´m new to cubase etc) Very grateful for any answers that can help. Also: how high would you keep the signal peaks when tracking 2 guitars 24/88.2 separately (Guitar 1 first; mono + guitar 2;mono) Morten

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jupiter8 Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,088	right-click/audio/statistics

13th October 2007	#4
Punchmo Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: PA Posts: 175	I am only a few months into C4 but this may be of some help so try this... Bring up your mixer window. In the upper left coner you will see small up/down arrows. Click on the up arrow. You will now see 4 boxes above each channel. At the bottom of each of these new boxes are another set of up/down arrows.Click on the down arrow and a menu appears that will allow you to change the option and view of this strip. Scroll to meter and click. You will now see the input level for that channel. I use this option and eq curve quite a bit. Hope this helps, Steve

14th October 2007	#5
mortlar Gear Head Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 69 Thread Starter	Thanks a lot.