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anonymous 21 November 2003

Hi all! I'm new to this site and have read a bunch of the posts and must say thank you for all of the awsome info! :D

Here's my question... So I have a digi001 going 8 digital and 8 analoge to a Yamaha 01V. I have noticed that the meters in Pro Tools and the 01v are pretty inaccurate, even when using the PAZ meters in Wavez. I never peak anything when recording into digital, but when playing back it seems I can go a little red, be it coming out of PT or going into my 01v without hearing any distortion. My ears are pretty experienced at listening, and I know just because I can't hear it, doesn't mean it's not there. Is it ok to be slightly going in the red like that, in Pro- tools and into the digital board if I'm not hearing any clips or distortion, or should I not even be going that hot to begin with? Thanx in advance for your help! :s: -ao

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Michael Fossenkemper Fri, 11/21/2003 - 20:40

all meters have their own little thing going on. Some red at -.5, -.1, 0, etc... in general, keep below the red. Even if your down 1 db from 0, it's ok. I've done a lot of experimenting on clipped and non clipped mixes. I can always get a non clipped mix to be hotter and sound better than the same mix clipped. working with a clipped mix is like working with a vocal with all the effects printed on in. you limit your options.

anonymous Sun, 12/14/2003 - 10:13

I had to jump in here - I too have noticed (though I'm not using PT, but am recording digital) that often, a signal will appear to clip but will sound fine to my ears. I even solo it and it sounds fine. But every time this happens, I have some kind of problem at mixdown - it may be small and be able to be solved, but it's always there. For a long time, I didn't even know it WAS to do with the very slightly clipped signals, but it was. These particular little problems completely stopped when the clipping did.

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