Goreliscious
Senior Member
I was on another forum asking about recording guitar cabs when someone said that recording as high as possible before clipping, (around -1dB), is too high for digital recording and it's what you do with analogue recorders.
They posted a link to an article, (the link posted below if you want to read it), with techy jargon I don't understand but in general the jist is that with digital you should record between -20dB and -12dB to leave yourself headroom.
Does this sound right in general/something I should follow for drum recording too?
http://www.massivemastering.com/blog/index_files/Proper_Audio_Recording_Levels.php
They posted a link to an article, (the link posted below if you want to read it), with techy jargon I don't understand but in general the jist is that with digital you should record between -20dB and -12dB to leave yourself headroom.
Does this sound right in general/something I should follow for drum recording too?
http://www.massivemastering.com/blog/index_files/Proper_Audio_Recording_Levels.php