-CHECK LEVELS-[PRO TOOLS] - -KINGDOM OF JOGA-

-as of [27 JUNE 2024]–

*REFERENCE GUIDE* —>

-PAGE 560-

-AUDIO BIT DEPTH-

*IN ‘PRO TOOLS’, SET ‘BIT DEPTH’ IN ‘SESSION SETUP’ PANEL* —>

[COMMAND] + [NUMERIC 2]

*IF YOU SET ‘BIT DEPTH’ TO ‘32-BIT FLOATING POINT’, THERE WILL BE NO ‘DIGITAL CLIPPING’*

(which means you no longer have to worry about ‘digital clipping’)

-[HUMAN VOICE] VIA MICROPHONE*

(microphone stand)

*’ACOUSTIC GUITAR’ VIA ‘PICKUP’*

-[RECORD-ENABLE] YOUR TRAX-*

-MIX WINDOW-

*CLICK ‘RECORD ENABLE’ BUTTON*

*THE LIGHT WILL START ‘FLASHING RED’*

*MAKE LOUD NOISES INTO THE MIC*

*to clear all [clip indicators]* –>

[OPTION] + [ c ]

When you feed a signal into any audio recording system, including Pro Tools, make sure to adjust the input level to optimize the dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio of the recorded file.

If the input level is too low, you will not take full advantage of the dynamic range of your Pro Tools system.

If the input level is too high, the waveform can clip and distort the recording.

Set the input levels high, but not high enough to clip.

As a general rule of thumb, try to set levels so that they peak within –3 dB to –12 dB on the input meter without triggering the clipping indicator on your audio interface.

Depending on the type of material you are recording and its dynamic range and peak content, you may want to record with higher or lower levels.

(when you click ‘record enable’, play into mic as loudly as you normally ‘max out’ on)

(in other words, the highest ‘volume’ you will reach in the upcoming recording)

(adjust ‘gain’ volume on your pre-amp until you ‘see green’)

(the ‘steady state’ minimum volume is ‘green’)

green –> yellow –> red

(‘yellow’ for louder passages)

(‘red’ means ‘too loud’)

(not enough ‘green’ means ‘too quiet’)

(moving ‘left fader’ has no effect on ‘input levels’)

(it is only used to adjust ‘monitoring volume levels’)

(you will need to adjust ‘input volume’ via the ‘pre-amp gain button’)