Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Scott Chesworth
Beyond using a hotspot, there's not a way that I'm aware of. Assuming your hardware doesn't have a horribly high noise floor or anything, then your best bet is probably just to air on the side of caution and go in at a lower gain level whenever it's a particularly dynamic part and raise the level

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread John André Lium-Netland
Hi Chris, This might be what you are looking for, it will only alert you by voice when you clip or at a given level. http://www.katsurashareware.com/pgs/prolevel.html Best, John André On 07 May 2014, at 12:54, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I'm 100% perfectly aware

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Can you outline for me the steps one would take to make a hotspot and then have it automatically read it? I've kind a forgotten how to do this. Chris. - Original Message - From: Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 7:13

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, but I don't want to have to purchase something just for this one task. If it requires that much work, I'll just keep using vo+F3. Chris. - Original Message - From: John André Lium-Netland To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 7:51 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Slau Halatyn
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

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Chris Smart
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

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Chris Smart
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

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Slau Halatyn
You have to figure out a way to keep VoiceOver and Pro Tools output separate. Your just setting yourself up for a difficult time by trying to run things the way you have them set up. Also, crank your vocal track up to the max on the fader. As you know, this has no effect on recording levels,

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, then, yeah, turn all that way way up on the monitor once I have Voiceover on another device isolated, but that still doesn't tell me once all recorded how to then get that volume back to its original level so it's equal with all my other sound. Is that where a stereo master fader track

Re: Advantages of the Digi003 over the BC-F2000?

2014-05-07 Thread ramy moustafa
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Re: Selling PT license

2014-05-07 Thread Ethan
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Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Slau Halatyn
Chris, Your final mixes should follow the same principle. Ultimately, you need to create a final master where you bump up your levels, add final EQ and compression, in other words, mastering. That's beyond the scope of an email list. I'm simply telling you what the norm is for recording into a

Re: Advantages of the Digi003 over the BC-F2000?

2014-05-07 Thread Slau Halatyn
Ramy, What are you talking about? On May 7, 2014, at 11:04 AM, ramy moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: The same price How? Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2014, at 7:07

Mac Mini VS Macbook Pro Retina

2014-05-07 Thread Ashley
Hey all, What are your thoughts on the below machines: Mac mini. 2.6GHZ Ivybridge Core I7 quad core CPU. 16GB ram, 256GB SSD. vs... Macbook pro, retina, 15. 2.6GHZ Haswell I7. 16GB ram. 1TB PCE-Based Flash I'd like a decent machine for ProTools. I do like desktop machines; but if the macbook

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Ricky Prevatte
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 csma...@cogeco.ca wrote: Granted, I'm a Windows guy, but do you have a way of routing VO and other system sounds through different

Re: Mac Mini VS Macbook Pro Retina

2014-05-07 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi Ashley, If you need to buy it soon, go with the Macbook Pro. It's a faster machine. If you can wait, there will probably be a new Mac Mini out in the near future which will likely outperform the MacBook Pro. Thing is, the portability of the laptop is a real plus with the built-in screen and

Re: Mac Mini VS Macbook Pro Retina

2014-05-07 Thread Nick Gawronski
Hi, I would go with the mac book pro as you can take it with you and have editing abilities on the road. That is why I bought my mac book pro for just this reason. Nick Gawronski On 5/7/2014 3:17 PM, Ashley wrote: Hey all, What are your thoughts on the below machines: Mac mini. 2.6GHZ

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Chris Smart
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?

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Slau, I didn't ask for you to gibve me pointers on masterring. that's quite ok! Don't worry about that part of it. I'm very much willing to do my homework off list regarding that. I was simply just curious if I was even on the right track in the first place, thinking that I'll bring those

Re: Monitoring levels

2014-05-07 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Ricky, You actually've heard one of my recordings with all this stuff listed below when I did Everlasting God. Which I dono whatever came of that project... Hint: Get with me off list... Anyway, I'm using a Macbook mid 2010 pollie-carbon 13 inch 5200RPM Mavericks 10.9 2GB ram, ProTools

Re: Mac Mini VS Macbook Pro Retina

2014-05-07 Thread Scott Chesworth
Since you said you preferred desktops, if you do go the Mac Mini route, look into the Mac Mini server line. On 5/7/14, Nick Gawronski n...@nickgawronski.com wrote: Hi, I would go with the mac book pro as you can take it with you and have editing abilities on the road. That is why I bought my