Hi, I made 6 tracks and 5 of them have automation. After I apply automation, I found the bass and the drums made clipping issue. Therefore, I tried to adjust them through mixer console, but the volume level comes back when I play it again or when the automation works.

For example, the bass has fade out and fade in effect. I set the bass volume as 7, and had clipping issue, so I adjusted the volume level as 6. However, automation didn't allow to do it. The volume level comes back to 7 when it gets fade in or play from start. What should I do?

 

because you did automation,
what DAW do you using?

try to find automations and adjust from automation tracks,
or remove the automation and do it again,

don't forget that after automation set the tracks on Read or Read-only,
i hope it could help you

 

In Cubase you can modify the PRE Gain.

You can put a simple volumen/gain VST to adjust the volumen like:
Sonalksis FreeG
HOFA 4U Meter
BlueCat Gain

or you can also use an EQ and modify the output.

 

I am using Studio One 3 and this section is for Studio One users as far as I know. The clipping issue happened even before applying automation. The process is just before mastering and I was trying to figure it out, but also have lack of knowledge of DAW as I am kind of newbie.

 

Could you explain it in detail? I don't understand what you mean exactly as it has been just a couple of months I have learned DAW. Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks for your answer. I am using Studio One 3. Checked my bass VST, but it doesn't have the gain control. It has volume and master controller, but they are also affected by automation. Is there any other way to adjust volume/gain in DAW? How do I modify the output?

 

in this case you have issue with the input levels, you need to do gain stage before anything else, i suggest you to do the process from the beginning!
Best regards.

 

I figured it out with mixtool which The Mazeman recommended. Thanks for all comments.