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Originally Posted by JanVigne
So, the way I see it, the additional system noise of boosting the levels isn't bothersome to you guys?
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I don't think people are saying that, people are generally saying that its better to record a bit lower and be able to boost later, than to clip and not be able to fix it, which is right.
This doesn't mean to say that people absolutely should record at a lower level (because they shouldn't really!), as you say, anywhere up to around -4 is a good level to aim for as it provides a strong enough signal to be well above system noise, but allows enough for peaks not to clip on the way in.
With even budget equipment these days though, you'd have to be recording at silly low levels and using a large amount of gain afterwards to run into problems with noise.