In today's video, i'm talking about how it's likely that you're ruining your mixes by driving everything too hard and ending up with a badly defined mess. You might not even be aware of it - so let's talk about what Gain Staging actually is, how we can use it and why it's not so bad once you understand it.
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - What is gain staging?
1:30 - Old school analog
2:30 - VU Meters and +4dBU
6:30 - Tape sounding "fat"
7:40 - The Digital Era and dBFS
9:30 - Comparing analog +4 to digital 0
10:42 - Recording "in the red"
12:30 - Woolly and Fuzzy
13:40 - The main problems of modern recording
14:40 - Audio levels ADD UP
16:00 - Why not just turn the faders down?
17:00 - Feed your plugins what they want!
19:45 - Control your distortion
21:10 - My system for easy gain staging
24:30 - Thanks for watching!
