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Remember how we spent so much time talking about digital distortion and trying to avoid it at all costs… Well I kind of lied. If you record a part and go over zero there is no fixing it. But if you’re working in the computer and shoot over the zero mark in your processing chain (or on the channel fader) it is possible to bring it back. This is the “miracle” of 32 bit floating point bit depth audio. That being said you still want to avoid this whenever possible. As you’ll see certain plugins will clip and distort (sometimes intentionally in an “analog” way) when pushed over the digital zero ceiling. Therefore you really need to listen and be wary of the gain going out and coming in to each plugin in the chain.

More than anything else I just wanted to show you how the processing is working inside the computer. I encourage you to establish and practice good habits with your signal flow.

For this course feel free to use your DAWs built in tool or utility device. As an alternative you can use Blue Cat’s simple gain plugins.

Blue Cat’s Gain Suite

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