Channel Gain Knob (do you use it?)

2012/12/07 17:30:07

Beepster

This means any fader movements are always made towards the top end of their range which has much greater resolution than the lower range - therefore adjustments will be more precise.

Hi, Jonesey... What does this mean? Is there finer control around 0db? I've never looked to see if there was a difference... yanno, cause I'm still kind of derping my way through all this. Cheers.

2012/12/07 17:55:59

deanx

I think Jonesey means that the top half of the fader covers a smaller dynamic range -10db to 0db (depending how you set your meters i guess). Where as the bottom half of faders covers a greater range so a small fader move could be making quite a drastic change.

2012/12/07 17:58:23

deanx

So is there a way of checking how hot an audio file is going into the channel?

Can you change the channel meters to PFL (Pre fader Level) for example?

Thanks
Dean

2012/12/07 17:59:00

Bristol_Jonesey

Yes - basically because the Decibel scale is logarithmic, not linear

^^^ reply to your post #12

2012/12/07 18:02:23

Bristol_Jonesey

deanx

So is there a way of checking how hot an audio file is going into the channel?

Can you change the channel meters to PFL (Pre fader Level) for example?

Thanks
Dean

With the gain at 0dB and the track volume @ 0dB you'll get a very good idea of how hot a track is (no processing)

2012/12/07 18:15:59

Beepster

Well shyote... that's good to know. I will now start getting my tracks in range with the gain knob before mixing. Thanks!

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