Tips & Techniques:Optimum recording Levels - 'Hot' it's not!

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(it's still in "edit mode" as of 03/2008, so cut me a little slack, eh?)

Proper Proper and Reasonable Recording Levels

[Nash_Dred]

Amazingly well put! I can say that when I attended AE school (one of the expensive, ginormous marketing campaign schools whose name I will not mention) two very wrong things were pounded into my head on almost a daily basis: 1. NEVER EQ to tape. 2. Record as hot as possible without clipping. It wasn't until a couple years of assisting that I realized what I was doing. It's surprising the number of artists, studio owners, and even engineers that love to record hot.

[bpbpbp]

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[Levon]

Originally Posted by bpbpbp

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Proper Audio Recording Levels | Rants, Articles | MASSIVE Mastering

[doom64]

Here's another good video on optimum levels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MqjPA5eOU4


And then of course we have this 144 page (and growing) thread for you all to pour over:

The Reason Most ITB mixes don’t Sound as good as Analog mixes (restored)