Hey
Boys.
How hot you record your vst instruments (Diva-lush for expl.) To get best headroom and sound ?
I'm confused.I read alot these days about it and can't understand it properly.Some says -6 db for peaks, other 12 and so on...
Also which calibration (reference) setting you use on soundcard?
I can choose in rme ff uc from 3 different and I use hi gain setting...
Can somebody explain what and where to use?
Thanks
Recording virtual instruments
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Re: Recording virtual instruments
Great question! I really don't think there is a hard and fast rule.
For me Its all relative to all your DAW, plugins and their chains. Personally some tracks i'll do -6db/channel, -12db or -18db/channel. In each application its different and could make a difference at each point in the gain stage.
For me in Ableton, I find that at the end of the day its all how it comes into your saturation, clipping and compression plugins because they all react differently at different levels or have different calibrations. Sometimes these have different restrictions and require you to hit them at 0db or beyond. In that case i'll usually have a utility bringing it back down to my mix level.
There is a cool reference tool and that is to use pink noise to set all your levels. There are some tutorials on youtube. I'll dig them up later.
For me Its all relative to all your DAW, plugins and their chains. Personally some tracks i'll do -6db/channel, -12db or -18db/channel. In each application its different and could make a difference at each point in the gain stage.
For me in Ableton, I find that at the end of the day its all how it comes into your saturation, clipping and compression plugins because they all react differently at different levels or have different calibrations. Sometimes these have different restrictions and require you to hit them at 0db or beyond. In that case i'll usually have a utility bringing it back down to my mix level.
There is a cool reference tool and that is to use pink noise to set all your levels. There are some tutorials on youtube. I'll dig them up later.
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^^^^ That pink noise mixing is really cool. Tried it a while back, it assumes you've already got sub mixes done though, it's no good for say, mixing a hat against a snare.