Message 37/60
Date: 20-Oct-04 @ 10:34 AM -
RE: the final stage
No, Perhaps I haven't made myself clear. I don't mix inside the computer. I mix through 3 delrta 410 soundacrds running down a mackie 32:8:8.
The kick and bass
They each go through a compunder via the channel insert via jack to jack plummed into the +4db inputs.
The snare and the rest of the drums
They get eq'ed and sent to a sub group which in turn goes through a compunder at +4db inputs.
Soft synths
These get compressed with Logics native compressors and then all sent, via another sub group, to a compunder with +4db inputs.
The whole mix
The whole mix gets 3db of compression and eq'ed at 120hz, 5-7khz and 12khz around +3db on the eq section through a mixmaster using the main sub inserts and the +4db inputs.
Plus the makie manual says that there is +25 db output aswell so I'm confused. My question is why does my DAT machine accept a nice hot input level but my delta 410 doesn't. The mackie manual says that there is loads of headroom on this desk and to make sure that the main metres only flick into the yellow occasionally (which I am making sure of). What the hell am I doing wrong here?
Surely I can't be mixing with my channel faders all at -10. Everything is set at unity gain on my mackie including the channels, the gain pots are completely anti clockwise and the master fader is at 0db. Where am I going wrong here?