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Tané
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September 30, 08 0:31 PM (permalink)

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A year ago someone on this forum suggested setting your master fader to -6dB whenever you start a new project. I gather it gives you a bit more room to play around with when doing a final mix. Could anyone confirm this?
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    MesaDCLP
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    RE: Settings September 30, 08 0:44 PM (permalink)
    Maybe they were referring to the final output level of the master after mixing all tracks and buses. This would give headroom for the mastering process.
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    Black Pug Studios
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    RE: Settings September 30, 08 3:40 AM (permalink)
    I think most people keep the Master at 0db (unitary). Then properly mix the tracks so that the sum of all the tracks peak at around -6db.

    Check out this thread on this subject.
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    papa2004
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    RE: Settings September 30, 08 3:58 AM (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: Tané

    A year ago someone on this forum suggested setting your master fader to -6dB whenever you start a new project. I gather it gives you a bit more room to play around with when doing a final mix. Could anyone confirm this?



    It is quite possible that "someone on this forum suggested setting..." (after all, isn't ANYTHING possible in an open forum ), but that would have been erroneous advice. What will give you "more room to play around with..." originates from the levels of your individual tracks that are feeding the Master bus.

    Fader settings and actual I/O levels should not be confused. Better advice would have been to keep your tracking levels (the individual tracks) somewhere in the -18dB to -12dB range.

    As long as you're recording at 24-bit there's no need to be concerned with recording "hot" tracks. Perhaps the user who suggested the idea you initially referred to wasn't aware of that.

    Regards,
    Papa
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