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Yeah - the issue with digital is that you have peak meters...which are of limited use in an "overall" way. Sure, they tell you how close to clipping you are, but they don't give you a sense of 'average ' levels over time. Between the Durroughs, the Sonalkiss meter plugin and something like Inspector - with the K-Meter setting, I find I'm set and really have a good sense of where the music really is landing. Also - I find it helps to have your listening environment calibrated to a standard so you (over time) just let go of all the visual/left brain stuff and let your ears tell you what's right or wrong. My big complaint with the DAW is that it brings the eyes into the process too much, which, in turn, engages the analytical side of the brain too much. But that could be just me...I've been recording long enough that I've seen a lot of things come and go: analog tape (4-track, 8-track, 16-track, 24-track tape), digital tape (Sony, Alesis, Tascam), Hosted DAWs (ProTools TDM/HD), Native DAWs (ProTools LE, Digital Performer, Logic, Nuendo, Cubase, et al) and Sony DSD and really see them all as secondary or as support roles to the main act...that being the music and being true to the art itself. They're all tools - use them well and know how they misbehave and how to keep them from misbehaving...and most importantly: don't try to hammer a nail with a screwdriver!
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They're not nearly as easy to read as the meters in my bay but work just fine. I'd be skeptical of the software however. |
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But there are great tools that provide the ability to quickly analyze things when you are dealing with a particular problem. Another great toy is the DK Meter. Its "jellyfish" meter in the center allows you to quickly discern where the energy in your mix is going and how in or out of phase your channels are. That's really important when you are mixing in 5.1 but is also quite helpful in establishing how wide your mix is. Here it is in stereo: Whatever, its a means to an end. When I am teaching audio, I like to tell my students that this business of audio is really not much different from painting - though overarching the whole business is the creative process, even a painter has to understand the nature of his oils and his canvass. Without a technical understanding and thorough familiarity with the medium, he can't exploit it to its fullest. Bob
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All of our bays have DK Metering. Far, far from a toy In hardy use the Dorroughs are toy-like in comparison,
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Digicheck is a pretty handy mulitfuntion program with persistence and peak levels among other things.
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+1 on the DIGICheck
I never have a calibrated or reliable room to mix in, so having a visual tool that you can trust helps a lot. |