Gain Staging workflow

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  1. franksq98

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    My 2c: I gainstage to 0 VU (with Hornet VU Meter) to a) have a sweet spot for analog modelled plugins (and I have a lot) and b) to always have a gain-matched chain so I can easily a/b without fooling myself (for this reason I gainstage even when working with digital pristine plugins)
     
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    One tip for easy gain staging: buy and use one piece of external hardware like a compressor or saturator, maybe console channel, and record your tracks through that. Make sure it has a VU meter on its output, and possibly input too. Your tracks will be at a good level and sound nice quickly.

    I use Drawmer DL241 and DBX166XL combination. It's a pretty good combination for everything, and pretty cheap.
     
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