Ok, I just picked this guy up from L&M on the weekend and I haven't had much time to play around with it yet (2 hours) but I've noticed something that kind of bugs me. I plugged in an SM57 to record acoustic guitar with, just as a quick little test. I also plugged in a direct line from my guitars active pickup. Both lines were into pre-amp channels 1 and 2 on the 400f respectively.

Help we are confused!

All of my mixes have level issues. I'm not looking for "industry standard" volume, or would be foolish enough to even believe I have the knowledge or equipment to achieve it. That said, my stuff is pretty weak.

Example: http://www.switchrocks.com/Songs/DreamSequence.mp3

what mixing level should we have at the Cubase main output bus in order to have a good level to send to a mastering studio ?
should we let it pass the 0db level ?

It seems it generates a too low level like this not showing 0db peaks in wavelab ...

what mixing level should we have at the Cubase main output bus in order to have a good level to send to a mastering studio ?
should we let it pass the 0db level ?

It seems it generates a too low level like this not showing 0db peaks in wavelab ...

Hello Im new to the board and new to home recrding with POD XT. I have a question that I hope some one could help with. Theres about 5 different volumes to deal with. Guitar Volume ( which I thought was always full blast), Acid music master volume, track volumes, and POD Volume. Exactly how should they be set so I'm not topping it off and creating a fuzz?

should the volume of my drums be higher than the melody or should the drums balance of with everything? and how do u know when u put too much low end into ur mix?

Hi all,

I am doing some recording on my computer and I am getting a bit of ambient background noise while recording through a mic. Sonar records it at around -50.5 dB.

Here is what I'm using:

Desktop PC with Sonar 3 PE
Behringer B2 Pro Condenser Mic
2 ch phantom power box
Stock soundcard that came with my computer (SoundMAX digital audio)

greetings,

a question for any veteran mach 5 users:

Hi everyone,I was just wondering what would be the maximum loudness level for pop music you would want to send to commercial radio stations for fm broadcast.A lot of commercial CD's I've been listening to have a loudness level of up to +13 vu and sound great (some don't),I'm sure this would not sound very nice on radio after going through all thier limiters and other processing.So the main poin