Ultimately, you never want your master output to reach 0 dB, because you’ll end up with no head room for finalizing the mix and mastering it. If you don’t gain stage at all, your mix might end up muddy and quieter than you want it. That’s why it’s important to monitor gain both on the way in and the way out. On the other hand, you might be recording a single instrument at a loud, but decent level, individually, and then later after you’ve added other instruments find that the totality of the tracks goes over your loudness peak. This is also known as clipping or “getting a fuzzy sound.” And when an instrument clips at the source, it’s very difficult to remove it.
If you record an instrument too quietly, it’s going to have a lot of extra noise when you try to turn it up during mixing - but if you record your instrument at levels that are too high, it will start to distort. It’s not just about getting a decent signal on your audio input, and we’ll talk about why it’s crucial to getting your song sounding “radio ready.” You need to use gain staging throughout the recording and mixing process. I’ll talk about that in a second.īut first, why is gain staging so important? Gain Staging Is a Game Changer However, gain staging can happen both while you’re recording and after you record. Basically, you want to make sure the volumes of your channels are balanced with each other when they come in (input) and in the master output. Gain staging is simply setting the volume of your tracks so they’re loud enough to be heard, but not too loud that they distort. It might seem mystical - but it’s actually pretty simple once you get to know it. Or is that just me?Įither way, gain staging is an essential element you should be incorporating into your music recording process. The more you learn about producing and mixing, the more you realize you don’t know.
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