Hmmm, are you sure it wasn't just some kind of related psychological effect (eg lower levels on the meter -> a better overview of how loud each of your instruments is -> a more balanced mix) or that you weren't driving a plugin too hard on your master bus (like a limiter or something without appropriate gain compensation before it)?Opuswerk wrote:This is very untrue when using ableton Live. My mixes have started sounding much much better as soon as i've put all those channels down to -6db Helped loadsdamagedgoods wrote:Depends on your DAW. Most of them can go *well* above 0dB before they actually clip. Like, assuming 32 bits (so conservatively), that's about 750 dB above or below 0. There are factors that make it more complicated but in general the signal quality doesn't degrade with level per se; either you're clipping or you're not.hydrogen wrote:oh yeah... and watch andivax's mixing secrets lots of good stuff in there. but he breaks the -6db concept in the video that everyone mentions here... I didn't think so b4 but that is very important.
I really struggle to believe that running channels into the red would make any difference at all as long as the master is in the green, but I'll do a null test on Live when I get home. If it proves me wrong then of course I'll eat my words!
TJ