![]() ![]() Not only will this limit your added track gain to 3dB per track (if you need more gain separation between tracks, you need to drop the other track level), but it will facilitate the mindset of using automation to actually *MIX* your tracks from moment-to-moment instead of just layering flat-gain tracks. ![]() ![]() Once you have a rough mix set, fine tune the mix using your automation path instead of your track faders. Then set up your rough mix (or submix, if you're working on drums first, for example) by setting rough fader levels, never exceeding unity gain on the track faders - i.e., your loudest track will be set for fader unity gain. It's nice to have a blank template set up that way on your computer that you can copy and use for each project so speed your set-up time. If you start to or approach clipping on your mix buss, then work on reducing the individual track levels rather than throttling the mix buss.Īssuming you're mixing in-computer and not on an analog mixer, here's a technique I like to use: from the start, set the levels automation path on each track to somewhere around -3dB throughout the entire song before trying your first "faders up"' rough mix. Then during mixing, adjust your track volumes as necessary, leaving your mix buss faders at unity gain. When you say "sit around 0", if you mean 0dBFS on the meter, the answer is you should lower your recording levels before anything else. ![]()
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