Two things:
#1. Sometimes plugins don't like too hot level
- especially hardware emulating ones as I discovered
So have to use gain adjusting level hitting first plugin, or there is always overs shown on plugin.
So why first normalize, then having to lower gain anyway.
#2. If for some reason not needing more than +6 dBFs from fader, don't normalize
- faders usually has +6dB to increase level on a track
Today with at least 24 bit audio, and 32 bit float mixing in daw
- no need to worry about levels being -20 dB or lower even
- peaks at -12 dB is even recommended by many(as fader is at 0 dBFs
If needing more than +6 dB on fader, normalize.
- but daw usually have gain as well to adjust level hitting first plugin
- I would say, normalize never needed
- save the time for something else
Bonus thing:
Some even bother to split a clip in fractions removing silence etc.
- just makes selecting stuff more tedious
- like gating everything, use a gate plugin instead if noisy
#1. Sometimes plugins don't like too hot level
- especially hardware emulating ones as I discovered
So have to use gain adjusting level hitting first plugin, or there is always overs shown on plugin.
So why first normalize, then having to lower gain anyway.
#2. If for some reason not needing more than +6 dBFs from fader, don't normalize
- faders usually has +6dB to increase level on a track
Today with at least 24 bit audio, and 32 bit float mixing in daw
- no need to worry about levels being -20 dB or lower even
- peaks at -12 dB is even recommended by many(as fader is at 0 dBFs
If needing more than +6 dB on fader, normalize.
- but daw usually have gain as well to adjust level hitting first plugin
- I would say, normalize never needed
- save the time for something else
Bonus thing:
Some even bother to split a clip in fractions removing silence etc.
- just makes selecting stuff more tedious
- like gating everything, use a gate plugin instead if noisy
Statistics: Posted by lfm — Thu Nov 07, 2024 8:52 am