How to Set Recording Levels In Pro Tools | Recording and Mixing Meters
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Recording at the proper levels is imperative to your audio quality. You don't want the signal to be too loud or too quiet.
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-6 is a bit hot for me for recording. In fact depending on what plugins I'm using I aim for -18 or -10. Interesting thing if you record everything at say -18 you'll notice everything will sound just a little better. Reason being is that your meters and even wave forms are not showing the quickest transients and peaks, which at -6 are clipping - even though it doesn't look or sound like it it will add up over multiple tracks. With modern recording interfaces theres almost no such thing as a noise floor unless you have a really cheap converter/interface or your recording at -30 or something.
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Here's a thought, or 2, from an old fart.
I don't know if using -6 for peaks is a good idea, perhaps you can follow my drift.
-12db absolute peaks at RECORDING stage to file.
Why ... because anything north (towards 0) will put some form of system Input Gain Distortion, on an already clean signal.
Not necessary and more desirable to have a clean signal to work with. at -6dB peaks at 'input recording' you would be trashing the transient harmonics.
We can measure distortion long before we can hear it.
I know Analogue distortion can be all warm and fuzzy, but now we can easily add as much distortion, saturation, etc as we like AFTER RECORDING the master file, where we have control in playback for the mix, off the clean master file..
How many calibrated devices are there between the vocals.. etc and the speakers?
Follow the signal path. The I/O's on each device is calibrated the same, via scale up/down voltages.
Playback. Once recorded..
I agree that you shouldn't have absolute peaks beyond -6 on Playback from the clean master file.
Why? That's where we can start collecting unintended AD converter sensor artefacts, that can ADD to an already clean signal master.
Again... Not necessary and may cause problems down the chain with gear not calibrated for it.
Output Masters.. (Mix for the consumer, not the studio)
Output values are exactly the same, absolute peaks at -12dBfs, let the averages fall where they may, you are SAFELY IN THE SWEET SPOT.
The cleanest Quality sound you can get, with no measurable Input Gain Distortion at the Hot end and Noise floor at the other, is with absolute peaks under -12dBfs.
Aiming a few dB's even lower than that, actually gives you more headroom away from system distortion, not less.
So now that we have a clean, mixed 2 track Master, ready for Playback, those values become even more important.
Why?
Simple think about the output calibration on every user Playback device on the planet.. (of your final stereo master file)
You guessed it.. (even the user calibrate devices have a factory default of -18)
So to put it simply.
If you want the most listeners (anywhere in the world) to hear as close to your original master as possible, then calibrate the master to, the input to the power amp for those consumer earphones or speakers.
-12 Absolute Peaks all the way through to the final playback is the best you can get out of (almost) any gear, especially cheaper gear that will break up faster than say a mic with better build quality.
You can't go wrong using those values on a world scale, with values all over the place..
Sure you can push a 'clean' master all the way up to +8 (AVU) -10dBfs if you want, but you run into the same problem as Andrew Shepp did, or when we tried cutting a vinyl single to +4 (AVU) (-14dBfs) back in 1976.
No one has the gear CALIBRATED to play it back properly, other than studios.
We can do anything we like to those zero's and ones, but the second it hits that final power amp to the speakers/plugs in the analogue world, the input/output for that power amp is calibrated to -18.
The entire process from start to finish is, scaled up or down voltages. The Digital part is purely representational of those voltages.
That's all there is to it.. -12 all the way and you're sweet.
Benefits...
Never sweat on levels again.
Minor variations in track to track volumes makes Mastering a snack.
Everything in the chain works at it's best.
Less computer resources needed.
Sound quality translates better across multiple playback algorithms and file types.
Using the same value end to end, not only takes out the guess work with confidence, it saves you piles of TIME, leaving more time to create.
Equipment manufacturers and technology have achieved staggering improvements to gear specs, so what about the rapidly adopted standard by Spotify of -14LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale)?
Simple.
You can either let them push/pull your clean master to their standard, or do it yourself. It will be clean.
I don't bother, but oddly enough, most of mine are sitting close.
As far as I can work out, that technically the safest way to get a signal from signal input to speakers .. Clean.. (regardless of what you've done to it in the mix)
The entire signal doesn't have any unwanted extras.. Got it? Ok.
Having said all of the above, all that's left is the content and if that's not much chop, then it doesn't matter what gear you have, or even how you use it.
Any thoughts... ?
Always happy to learn more.
Can't find the comment now, but if you have no way to turn up or down the input, head for the operating system sound prefs and do it there.
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Wayne.wav is clip gain the same as gain staging? I'm having a hard time getting my mixes to sound loud, I always find that my master fader clips when trying to turn up volume.
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dude for example if you recorded a a track to hot and you already have an audio file in pro tools you can change imput level by puting trimer on track so it dosent have weird distortions when hiting most analog plugins
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My microphone input is too loud. It is a USB microphone that connects directly to the computer, so there is no physical pre amp. Does pro-tools have a pre-amp or how can I do pre-amp with software?
when recording midi using midi keyboard, do you set levels also so that it don't clip/create distortion
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So after I bring my input level to -6 db and I bring my beat level a little below that so I can hear myself what do I do next? Do I bring the the beat back up to it’s original volume and then bring my vocals up so I can hear them? I’m so confused.
What if you tracked using RMS between 20-15? Using this Klanghelm VUMT has standard -18db and also has RMS Meter +3dB shouldn’t I use the VUMT RMS? But what is the sweet spot on this plugin RMS meter? Is it still 0 where the red is? Or is it around -12 in the black? Ty
What if you don't have a preamp? I know I gotta get one lol. But in the instances where you don't have one for whatever random ass reason, like if you're trapped in a hotel room or some sht lol. Aside from Mic and Source Placement, is there anything you can do, and if so, what?
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Great tutuorial but I have a few questions. 1) Preloaded tracks (beat and vocal) - Should I use clip gain to bring up or down to -6db. Same question for tracks made with midi instruments...
2) What is the purpose of the Voume Track meter and how is that different from Clip gain? Response appreciated !
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How do you ensure you have a -6db input level, when you are using plug ins, to create different instruments sounds (drums, piano, etc) when making a beat? Meaning, if I use (for example) a guitar sound from East-West Gypsy (an instrument plug in package) then how do I ensure that sound gets recorded into my Pro Tools track at -6db?
Sorry in advance if you already went over this in another video, but this is my first time watching your videos. Thanks
Reducing clip gain won't bring the input signal down?
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I was hoping so. Can anybody answer?
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Hey, thanks for this video. Did you say that you want your master fader to hover around -6db before you bounce it out? I assume the reason for this is bc you want to give the mastering engineer headroom? Also, if this is correct, how much will the mastering engineer boost the final mix? Will they bring it up to 0db, or is there a certain industry standard?
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So you have another video that was more recent that you said -12dB levels for recording input levels. "How to set the Microphone Input Gain Levels". So is it -6 or -12? Or is it -6 for just primary vocals? Curious on your thoughts. Cheers and thanks for your content.
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What DB level should I set for ATR room analyzing my speakers
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Excellent video, I just aim for -12 input level with the occasional louder peak of -6