Hi everyone.. I have been trying to find information on mixing and especially reading levels on a firewire connected analog mixer(yamaha n12). In my case I use NI maschine, Cubase to sequence, with n12 taking in all the instruments.
I was reading about how 0db on an analog mixer is equal to -18dbfs rms of dbfs scale. Is this 0db rms = -18dbfs rms? Or if 0db is the peak on an analog mixer what is its peak equivalent in dfbs? Or the other way round? A little confused in this area.
Also, does every fader, in any given digital environment show dbfs values? Because I have never been able to see this difference on the meters of an analog mixer and the daw connected to it.
For eg. I get my instrument level upto 0db on the analog mixer to record into cubase. Now both the meters - n12 and cubase's main ST, whether you are monitoring before recording, or playing back after recording, everything shows 0db. Or even any plugin which has a meter. for e.g Slate Digital is supposed to have a dbfs scale but the peaks it shows me are the same as they were on the mixer before recording.
When its said "I keep my levels around -10, -12 db" what is it that they are referring to? To pull the fader down to -10,-12, or keep the fader at 0db and get the signal only upto -10,-12db before recording? Or are they talking about pulling it down to -10,-12 after recording at 0db?
Even in case of maschine, a kick which shows its hitting 0db on the maschine meter, is hitting 0db on the mixer. So what is the metering scale that maschine is using? Is there a difference between reading a meter before recording and reading it after recording (A to D) with tracks are coming onto its channel through firewire? When a digital sample comes on a analog mixer like n12 through firewire, how do you read that analog mixers readings?
Like the line i read in an article on massive mastering, "If you run a steady signal(a sustained note on a keyboard for instance) through a preamp and turn up the preamp gain till the VU meter reads )dbVU, at the converter(and on the active track in whatever program you are using the record), it will resd -18dbfs rms" I have never been able to see this on the 'active track'.
Sorry I am a noob when it comes to understanding and translating analog and digital levels. Hoping to find some help here.
Thank you.
I was reading about how 0db on an analog mixer is equal to -18dbfs rms of dbfs scale. Is this 0db rms = -18dbfs rms? Or if 0db is the peak on an analog mixer what is its peak equivalent in dfbs? Or the other way round? A little confused in this area.
Also, does every fader, in any given digital environment show dbfs values? Because I have never been able to see this difference on the meters of an analog mixer and the daw connected to it.
For eg. I get my instrument level upto 0db on the analog mixer to record into cubase. Now both the meters - n12 and cubase's main ST, whether you are monitoring before recording, or playing back after recording, everything shows 0db. Or even any plugin which has a meter. for e.g Slate Digital is supposed to have a dbfs scale but the peaks it shows me are the same as they were on the mixer before recording.
When its said "I keep my levels around -10, -12 db" what is it that they are referring to? To pull the fader down to -10,-12, or keep the fader at 0db and get the signal only upto -10,-12db before recording? Or are they talking about pulling it down to -10,-12 after recording at 0db?
Even in case of maschine, a kick which shows its hitting 0db on the maschine meter, is hitting 0db on the mixer. So what is the metering scale that maschine is using? Is there a difference between reading a meter before recording and reading it after recording (A to D) with tracks are coming onto its channel through firewire? When a digital sample comes on a analog mixer like n12 through firewire, how do you read that analog mixers readings?
Like the line i read in an article on massive mastering, "If you run a steady signal(a sustained note on a keyboard for instance) through a preamp and turn up the preamp gain till the VU meter reads )dbVU, at the converter(and on the active track in whatever program you are using the record), it will resd -18dbfs rms" I have never been able to see this on the 'active track'.
Sorry I am a noob when it comes to understanding and translating analog and digital levels. Hoping to find some help here.
Thank you.