Gain Staging Made Easy Using a VU Meter

[bxbrkrz]

[jam-s]

Wasn't VU = virtually useless in the digital realm?

[guitfnky]

whenever I start to wonder if I should worry about gain staging, I go back and re-watch this. the only gain staging tutorial worth the time, if you work in the box.

[chaosroyale]

"Gain staging" is a meaningless concept when talking about working in-the-box in a modern DAW.

Mix however you feel comfortable, because Reason's internal audio will not color, distort, or clip.

Hit your VST plugins with inserts or sends at whatever level sounds good. *Every plugin from every maker reacts to different levels in its own way, so there's no point worrying about a "correct" level for all plugins either.

Master export at whatever spec your client/mastering engineer wants.

That's it.

Reason made a very good video about this too.

[selig]

I made this video to show how simple it is to keep levels under control. No “gain staging”, no “virtually useless” meters. Just use a consistent peak level of your choosing for all audio tracks.

[Loque]

I made this video to show how simple it is to keep levels under control. No “gain staging”, no “virtually useless” meters. Just use a consistent peak level of your choosing for all audio tracks.

Thanks. I saw this in the past and it helped me a lot to keep my mix under control.

[integerpoet]

I made this video to show how simple it is to keep levels under control. No “gain staging”, no “virtually useless” meters. Just use a consistent peak level of your choosing for all audio tracks.

The way you put it here, it seems like a way to protect one's own sanity while maintaining a long signal chain rather than a quasi-technical superstition.

[Noise]

I just slap "Selig Gain" in every mix channel and aim for -6db. This changed my life. Thank you.

[moggadeet]

I just slap "Selig Gain" in every mix channel and aim for -6db. This changed my life. Thank you.

Changed mine too. I go for -15dB peak on all channels.