Not to mention, most gear operates most linearly at about -12dBFS.
In addition to what he said, if things are too quiet, turn up your monitors.
At 08:35 AM 5/7/2014, you wrote:
Chris,
If you're in danger of clipping, you're recording way too hot. With
something like a vocal, your final peak should be -9 to -6 dB full
scale. That means your average level should be in the range of -18
to -12 dB. That's what headroom is for. You're recording with 24
bits which give you a theoretical dynamic range of of 140 decibels.
The sources you're recording are nowhere near 140 decibels, not even
close. By pulling back your level, you'll eliminate any concern over
clipping. Pro Tools is designed to have average levels at -18 dB. 18
decibels of headroom is plenty for just about anything you'll ever record.
Slau
On May 7, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
I'm 100% perfectly aware that I can monitor the level of an
individual track by interacting with it, then finding the meter,
and then, I can keep hitting vo+F3 to read what's under the
Voiceover cursor. what however I'm looking for, is something
slightly more robust. Is there a way, and if so, how, that I could
asign a hotspot or something similar then have it where it won't
read the meter automatically, no, however, if, and only! if, I
clip, it'll automatically trigger voiceover to say clipped, or to
read the meter in such of a way I'll know I'm clipping? Sometimes,
with my hearing loss, it's slightly tricky for me to know audibly,
until it gets where it's so badly clipping, that it's flat out
disgusting. The issue is, yeah, I could manually look, but what if
I only clip on say, one note? If I sing right over that note for
instance then check the meter one or two notes early/late, I might
miss something very very important. I'm just wonderring the best
way to hit that meter dead spot on, so I know instantly! that I'm clipping.
Chris.
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