[Rwp] How can I monitor microphne gain?

[TheOreoMonster]

Just echoing what scott said. These aren’t the analog days anymore and the only reason you had to record close to 0 is to get over the noise floor that was tape. The noise floor is virtually non existent in the digital world especially if you are recording at 24BIT  and there is no reason to record anywhere near 0, especially since you are just gonna have to gain stage it back down during mixing as plug in’s aren’t gonna like being hit that hot. 

> On May 4, 2016, at 5:58 PM, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sure, J and K for a snapshot reading of your left and right channels
> respectively is one way to monitor levels. Peak watcher is another
> OSARA tool though which allows you to specify a db level that you want
> to be notified about among other things. You'll probably want to use a
> combination of both approaches until you're familiar with the gear
> you're recording with.
> 
> It's also probably worth adding here that unless you're using gear
> that is very much the exception to the rule nowadays, there's no real
> benefit in cuddling up close to 0db. You'd likely be in a better
> position come mixing stage by upping your session bit depth to 24 bit
> and going in at a lower/safer level.
> 
> Just some thoughts. Hope they help.
> 
> Scott
> 
> On 5/4/16, germano carella <germano.carella at gmail.com> wrote:
>> By pressing j and k respectively for left and right?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Il 04/05/2016 20:46, Chris Belle ha scritto:
>>> Yes, Osara has the peak watcher, which allows you to monitor your levels.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5/4/2016 12:44 PM, Germano Carella wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I have to monitor gain of my microphone.
>>>> 
>>>> I have a focusrite 18i8 but I don’t know when microphone is at 0 db.
>>>> So I need to monitor it via software.
>>>> 
>>>> There is a way?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Inviato da Posta <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> per
>>>> Windows 10
>>>> 
>>>> 
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