I've found that because a VU meter reacts quite slowly to transient heavy material (particularly drums and percussion) it's a better idea to use a true peak meter set to infinite hold and get the loudest transients hitting at around -6db. That gives you plenty headroom without clipping the individual channel.. However for more consistent sounds like rhythm guitar, pads, bass etc which are less transient by nature you can set them to average around 0VU (-18db). This is how I typically like to gain stage in Studio One.
Yeh that's very fair, sounds like a good way to do it as well! I think the main thing is finding systems that work for you and then trusting them! I'll try this out though!
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I've found that because a VU meter reacts quite slowly to transient heavy material (particularly drums and percussion) it's a better idea to use a true peak meter set to infinite hold and get the loudest transients hitting at around -6db. That gives you plenty headroom without clipping the individual channel.. However for more consistent sounds like rhythm guitar, pads, bass etc which are less transient by nature you can set them to average around 0VU (-18db). This is how I typically like to gain stage in Studio One.
Yeh that's very fair, sounds like a good way to do it as well! I think the main thing is finding systems that work for you and then trusting them! I'll try this out though!
actually its an old friend
As it should be!