The 6dB Trick

So your channels are clipping….

To prevent this, apply a limiter with 6 dB of gain to your output.

Working louder from the start quiets individual channels.

Remove the 6 dB at the end to create headroom for mastering, avoiding overload and ensuring space for adjustments.

#mastering #mixingandmastering #limiter #clipping

[CrazzyJokerr]

Alternative: Turn every channel down and turn your interface up, easy 10 DB headroom

[HIGHTOP]

if you dont redline, you won’t headline

[StevoLloyds]

The irony of recording a video on how to stop clipping, with a clipped narration.

Nice one Streaky

[ralphfokkema]

This a good trick for mixer who still ride a bike training wheels. Learning to gain stage is probably better. Start with a good balance of your mix using clipgain. Don’t worry if something is not hitting -18dbfs or 0 on your vu. If you make your loudest elements(voice, snare, bass and kick) together just a bit louder than 0 vu, you will never be in trouble.

[marcosposse]

I use normalize region gain. -18 for everything but drums and vocals. -12 for drums and vocals. Not only does it usually give me a good amount of headroom, but it honestly sets up the mix nicely to not have to move faders TOOOO much. But that's just from the way I produce/record. Idk if that'll work for everyone

[bigdoggetom]

When i first started making music, i used to slap a basic Ozone mastering preset on. It was definitely not right, but it definitely stopped me pushing it too hard. I didn't realise that until now -i think this might be a good tip cheers

[schoovaertssimon]

how about simply mixing properly from the start?

[axoplanet]

I allways mix it right from the start, so no limiter is needed on the output when mixing. I call it the natural art of mixing a song.

[marksaxon]

Is it that hard to fix the gain on the tracks? This is like setting your clock ahead 15 mins so you’re not late but in your mind, you know the clock is 15 mins ahead. 😂

[ramseysounds]

it also means that any tracks that are really clipping, will actually clip when you take the limiter off

[thes]

Turn your monitors up and mix every channel around -18 DBFS and you won't clip 👍

[Hex]

Yeah, tips like this are a godsend. Always want room for dynamics in the master, but when I'm mixing I always want a feel for how it'll sound when it's ~loud~.

[un_reveur]

Why not to start working quieter on -6db on master channel and -3db on other channels for example? 🤔

[djcontour]

I like to use a gain utility at the front of each track to bring the volume of everything down at a fixed amount. So instead of working louder and getting quieter, I like to just start by working quieter. It’s served me very well!

[matrixate]

Uh, this was an old hack that someone else posted here on YouTube about 6 years ago and got a lot of slack because it causes latency, changes the tone of the mix, and necessitates rebalancing the mix when you take it off. The correct solution was to insert clip gain plugins on all the tracks and depending on the plugin, you can use one knob to lower them all simultaneously. I can't believe this guy's tips sometimes. I honestly have nothing against him but some of the videos he uploads are either missing information, or just made up stuff from older videos produced years ago and revived by him.

[Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

I've been doing it the other way round, putting the Loudmax limiter on the master bus with the threshold set at 0 and the output at -3.5!

[hassanhaze]

Just output at -5db. Go into mastering with -5db head room.

you can just put a -6dB gain plugin first on the master buss. Modern DAWs won't clip.

[mjmongwai]

I put a trimmer at -9db on the mix bus and everything that’s going through it is a lot more subtle and quiet. Then I crank up my interface a bit. That’s how I work on all my productions

[synthzizer]

Just mix without insert on master. If RMS is averaging slightly over in red bring fader down and bounce. If there are random peaks deal with then at tracks level. That's the way I work since floating point.