10 Easy recording tips
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This is a nice VU meter if anyone is looking: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/new-prod ... e-vst.htmlbenderissimo wrote:This. Big time.Timi wrote:I don't like using the word "wrong" when talking about recording, but assuming you're recording digitally tip #1 is bad advice and your recordings should sound considerably "better" by keeping your levels more conservative and leaving more available headroom, mine certainly sounded a hell of a lot better when I started being more careful with gain staging.
Of course, whatever sounds "best" is the right way....
Something to bare in mind reading through Capt's post- there are a lot of different flavours of 0dB. 0dBFS ≠ 0dBu ≠ 0dBSPL ≠ 0dBLKFS etc etc.
Recording at 0dB on a correctly calibrated VU meter is good practice. Recording at 0dBFS is a guarantee of digital clipping.
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Two free plugins this week from links in NZG. We need a dedicated recording hangout so we can shere this stuff.badmotor wrote:This is a nice VU meter if anyone is looking: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/new-prod ... e-vst.htmlbenderissimo wrote:This. Big time.Timi wrote:I don't like using the word "wrong" when talking about recording, but assuming you're recording digitally tip #1 is bad advice and your recordings should sound considerably "better" by keeping your levels more conservative and leaving more available headroom, mine certainly sounded a hell of a lot better when I started being more careful with gain staging.
Of course, whatever sounds "best" is the right way....
Something to bare in mind reading through Capt's post- there are a lot of different flavours of 0dB. 0dBFS ≠ 0dBu ≠ 0dBSPL ≠ 0dBLKFS etc etc.
Recording at 0dB on a correctly calibrated VU meter is good practice. Recording at 0dBFS is a guarantee of digital clipping.
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I use Pro Tools and to be honest I have no idea what standard the meters are or how they're calibrated, but if I treat yellow as red and try to stay in the green everything just sounds better.
Pres are different though, I sometimes run them quite hot with a barrel attenuator on the output.
Pres are different though, I sometimes run them quite hot with a barrel attenuator on the output.
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Did you notice the name change of the forum?Capt. Black wrote:Oooooh. Nice tip. Cheers.
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That would be a site name change as opposed to a forum name change, forum being a component part of the site. The site is a collection of 'forums' which are then split into sub-forums, threads and posts. The word forum to describe the site is therefore a misnomer. kthxbye.Polar Bear wrote:Nzrecordingtipsforthestudiobeitathomeorprofessional.com
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Yes dear, I did.BG wrote:Did you notice the name change of the forum?Capt. Black wrote:Oooooh. Nice tip. Cheers.
At least, I noticed something. But I wasn't paying that much attention.
Whatever it was, I'm sure it's fabulous. Thank you. Xxx
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so, steak and bloweys all roundCapt. Black wrote:Yes dear, I did.BG wrote:Did you notice the name change of the forum?Capt. Black wrote:Oooooh. Nice tip. Cheers.
At least, I noticed something. But I wasn't paying that much attention.
Whatever it was, I'm sure it's fabulous. Thank you. Xxx
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10 Easy recording tips
I'll bring the beef.BG wrote:so, steak and bloweys all roundCapt. Black wrote:Yes dear, I did.BG wrote: Did you notice the name change of the forum?
At least, I noticed something. But I wasn't paying that much attention.
Whatever it was, I'm sure it's fabulous. Thank you. Xxx