Which Chris are you asking?
I'm still using Sonar 8.53 under Windows 7, and an old M-audio card
going S/PDIF to a Mytek Stereo 96 DAC, then to Adam A-7X monitors.
At 04:27 PM 5/7/2014, you wrote:
Chris what are you using? What kind of mixer and that sort of thing
what makes up your daw?
Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154
> On May 7, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Chris Smart <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Granted, I'm a Windows guy, but do you have a way of routing VO
and other system sounds through different outputs, or a different
speaker or headphones?
> In Windows I have system sounds and my screen reader going
through a secondary interface.
>
> At 09:11 AM 5/7/2014, you wrote:
>> Slau,
>>
>> I have a question then,
>>
>> I find that on my monitors, if I leave my volume slider in
ProTools on a vocal track at 0%, then on my interface, I turn my
gain dial way down to the point where in PT, on that track, it
shows -18DB, that is so profusely quiet, that I literally almost
cannot even hear it unless I turn my monitors almost 3 fourths the
way up. Which of corse is way! way! quieter than Voiceover speech,
or say my music instrument tracks etc. In order to get a good
level that is audible, I'm having to way raise that gain. Even if
I don't raise the gain on my interface, but pull the slider on the
track in PT all the way to +12DB, which is practically all the way
up, it only then starts! to become audible. I know you're probably
saying, then, ok, Chris, you're music is way way way too
hot. Crank it way the hell down! If I do that, then again, the
over all level is very crisp and clean and doesn't clip, but at the
same time, compared to my over all volume, PT not with standing,
the recording volume is so pathetically low in comparison to
everything else, that if I crank it up enough to hear it, any other
sound that gets fed through like Alex from Voiceover etc. literally
is deafening! I understand we're talking two different levels
here. the one on my interface is the input volume, whilst the one
on the track in PT is the output volume, I totally get that. I'm
just not sure how to keep that input gain on my interface real real
low, yet achieve the same level on the output volume without having
to bring that input gain so hot. I do have an insert I sometimes
pop on a vocal track, it's just one of the default pre-installed
dynamic compression plugins, and yeah, if I set the preset to vocal
leveler, it helps some, but I don't always want compression. All I
need is an output volume only boost. I thought about using a Pre,
if I could find a good hardware one that was accessible, but even
that is gonna be for the input gain, not the output.
>>
>> So, if you have any suggestions, or think you may know what is
going on, let me know.
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <mailto:[email protected]>Slau Halatyn
>> To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: Monitoring levels
>>
>> 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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