Hey ive been looking into converters for my new master/slave setup. Mainly lynx e44, Mytek Liberty, UA Apollo X, and RME ADI-Pro. The tech specs for the ADI sites SNR, not dynamic range like the other 3 units.

Just wondering what the difference between the two specs was, and why SNR/DR seems to be such an important spec to adda's.

Thanks.

Please give your opinions on what can come up or down on this mix. The higher numbered track is the most recent mix.
thx

Hello there,
I had a doubt this morning, the maximum peak advised -3dB to mastering then nothing inserted in the master bus, also applies in mastering post EQ? In this case only a high-pass active filter of 30Hz.

Thank you,
Best,
MATTEO CANDURA

With the possible exception of Pro Tools (maybe not now that its gone native?) all modern DAWs use floating point math internally. What this means is, when the signal exceeds full scale it doesn't actually clip: instead the decimal point simply floats along a step, and the mix bus suddenly has room to accommodate it.

Can anybody example the concept of headroom and give any suggestions on to gaining some more headroom with my tracking chain?
My chain is:
RODE NT1000 --> PreSonus TubePRE --> dbx 266XL --> Mbox 2 --> Pro Tools LE (Windows Vista/ 2GB RAM)

Someone said that I was having some tracking issues and the lack of headroom was one of the issues.

Hi there and thanks.

I am mixing in Cubase 5 and my rule of thumb was to never take the individual or group tracks above 0 even though the channel faders go to 6. The master fader I'd always have down at -5 to -10.

My m-powered Pro Tools has 12db before clipping on the faders, i know the HD version has like 20db or so. What does logic have?

The difference expressed in dB between the nominal operating level of a device, and the maximum level that can pass through the device without being distorted.

or

The distance (in decibels) between the nominal level of a piece of audio equipment ("0" on the meter) and the clipping level, at which point it distorts.

Dynamic Range - The difference between the loudest and quietest signal levels in a system. In an audio device, usually the difference between the maximum output level and the residual noise floor. In a digital system, the available dynamic range is determined by the data resolution, about 6 dB per digital bit.