So it definitely seems like I need to lower my input levels. If I listen to the full mix, the clipping indicator goes on whenever I hit any hard accent, like a strong bass drum or snare hit. One thing that I noticed is that if I solo any track, the red clipping indicator never comes on.
I’m listening back to it over headphones, and everything still sounds pretty clear, though I think the toms are slightly clipped when I listen to them soloed. The guy who is helping me record set the levels and it sounded pretty good in his studio. Nothing sounds distorted at all, everything sounds pretty clear, but when I listen to the full mix, the red clipping indicator appears beneath the output slider. If you look at the picture that I’ve attached, you can see the relative levels in the mix as well as the output level. Okay, so I’ve started laying down drum tracks for my band’s demo. I’ve heard some say that I need to make sure the signal peaks around -18dbFS, and I’ve heard others say that that is too quiet and I’ll need to later make the recording louder in the mastering phase, which may add unwanted hiss and noise to the recording. The only way I can affect that is with the afforementioned gain knobs on my UR824. The thing is, my interface has the preamps and the ADC all in one box. I’ve read some threads on this site and where people have mentioned that I need to make sure that the signal doesn’t clip at the preamp level or at the analog-digital converter. I just am wondering if there is anything else I should be taking into consideration (as far as setting levels) before I blaze ahead and start recording bass, guitar, keyboards, and vocals over the drums.
In the program, I have the input level set at -6 db. I’m assuming this is the interface’s way of telling me that the signal is clipping at the ADC. I have the gain knobs on each input on the UR824 at about half there’s a light on each input that glows red if the input level is too high. Well, I did some test recordings of me playing my drum set, and everything sounded fine.
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