This goes for console and pro tools mixes. For instance when i start a mix i dont usually bring a fader above -5db and that sometimes may be a little high in the beginning. When im mixing i'm extremely conscious of the gain staging of my mix. The mix gets cloudy and loses definition. I firmly believe that if the stereo buss in pro tools sounds like utter shit when pushed to hard. I try not to have anything above -3 in the stereo buss on an unamstered mix and that may be pushing it sometimes. For instance in pro tools, i notice that there is most certainly a sweet spot on the stereo buss. That being said your levels through the stereo buss are CRITICAL. But if the mix is gain staged correctly in the first place, none of that should happen.
Or if i'm mixing on the ssl i use the VCA's to bring the mix down IF i have to. If the mix is to loud through the master i group all the tracks and bring them down. Ĭheers about the group channel thing, i'm just gonna have link all my channels and pull down all the faders at one go ! i really wanna go MOTU, but because i need to learn Pro Tools i'm probably having to go M-audio. It's only us Audiophiles/ engineeers that will pick out the slight differencesīut yea, i'm buying a new( really powerful) computer + possible DSP card next month that will let me work on big projects in 24bit ( and shopping for a swanking audio interface at the moment.
#Pro tools stereo master fader plus
So far 16bit has been the most stable on my comp, and none of my customers have noticed any differences or complained to me ( only been in proper business Jan 2006 ) plus i don't charge alot If i ran my project in 24bit i 'll only usually be able to use like 1/2 the plugs i usually do and i've had a few instances in which my CPU overloads too quickly and crashes my comp On my 16bit projects, after i finish mixing,my cpu power is usually used up to about 70 - 80% so yea i'm sweating most of the time lol ! My projects usually hit about 60 - 70 tracks and i use plugins on just about every track plus super CPU intensive ones like C4 and Verbs and SSL ( use about 5 C4 and 20% of cpu power gets chomped up ) plus i never use DAW eq, only RenEQ/SSL/TC eq This is my last project in 16bit as i've been working on an OK comp ( 3.2ghz P4 /1Gb ram) and Tascam soundcards which don't have the best A/D converters and pretty crappy preamps
^ hahaah yea i knew someone was gonna ask me about that