Is there a generalruleof thumb for the bass? Like it should be loud as the guitar or drums etc?

Hi! :)

I'm new hear at RO (hey to everyone from sweden) and have some questions about recording levels. 24 bit recording gives me a big dynamic range to record my analog stuff.

I hope somebody can help!I am using cooledit pro.I have a tubeamp with a condenser mic.When I record dialog for a voice over,the levels go up and down.They go up for a few seconds,almost peaking,then down much lower.All of the components connected seem to be working ok.Is it the software,maybe the sound card?
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I thought I had a reasonabel grasp on setting levels until recently. I purchased an MX2424 with the analog i/o card for recoridng in a cafe. The unit is set for -20 dbfs, which comes to +4 dbu for a console that has a max output gain of 24 dbu. There is where the trouble begins.

Hey All,

Hi...please excuse my newb question ( I checked the archives).

I have a Digi 002 with -10db rca and +4db 1/4" outputs. My CD recorder has rca -10db inputs. I once used the +4db output to the CD recorder, and the sound was loud and distorted. So my question is this...if I had a CD recorder with balanced XLR +4db inputs, would a CD made with this recorder be LOUDER than a disc recorded with my -10db CD recorder?

Thanks

I've been changing my monitoring levels lately and I'm really liking the results. I'm just wondering what others are monitoring at. My trend in the last year has been lowering my level. I don't have a set level per say, it mostly depends on the type of music but in general it's hovering around 70-80 db.

What sort of levels (peak and avg) do you mastering guys wanna see on mixes you receive? Where do you try and end up? At the end of the day, what's the standard VU measurement and are all the peaks at 0dbfs now?

Thanks in advance

This has been talked to death, but here goes :lol:

I put a few songs in CDA5.0.