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Old 11-01-2020, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by CASD57 View Post
Probably need to use a compressor and or a limiter.
A compressor reduces the dynamic range of a track. It isn't going to eliminate distortion or make a bad track sound good. For tracking, if you're just going to be recording vocals and one guitar, you can probably safely shoot for a level around -8 but you need to pay attention to the loudest parts of the song and make sure you're not coming in too hot.
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