Master Gain Staging in Under Half A Minute! | Supreme Secs Crash Course 🎛️

Audio specialist and music creator Premo, known as @dierichsupreme, provides valuable #GainStaging insights for enhancing your mixes in under half a minute! Gain staging goes beyond simply adjusting volume levels – it focuses on optimizing the signal-to-noise ratio and maintaining headroom throughout the signal chain to avoid signal distortion.

When using analog-modeled plugins, aiming for levels around -18 BFS, similar to analog equipment, is often ideal. This involves adjusting the gain of each channel until it reaches approximately -18 dB. Subsequently, volume faders can be utilized to fine-tune the balance of sounds within the mix.

With around -12 dB of headroom available, the overall volume may seem reduced. To counter this, incorporating a limiter on the Mix Bus with -2 dB of gain reduction can help, or adjusting speaker/headphone volume accordingly. By implementing this gain staging technique, you can achieve a more balanced mix, making the overall mixing process smoother and more efficient.

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