I'm not trying to drag this thread out but I've been ill for the last few days and wasn't able to check back to see how it was going. I'm finely able to look today.

Thanks ROG for adding the gain reduction info in your reply to my last post, I completely overlooked that.

I know in the analogue realm it is good to record tracks as hot as possible and that a bit of distortion or tape saturation is also a good thing.

Everything I read: articles on various websites, videos and even in the BIAB manual all recommend recording at lower levels (around -12) when working in the digital realm.

I know there are quite a few experienced mixing/mastering engineers here on the forum, so my question in the pursuit of better knowledge is this,

Instead of trying to record tracks as hot as possible in the digital realm and then having to do a gain reduction so compression and other processing can be done...wouldn't it save time and an unnecessary step to just record at the recommended levels? You could do your processing, get your mix as you want it and then bring up the gain in the mastering stage.

Everyone has their own ideas and I guess in the end how it sounds to your ears rather than sticking to levels is the deciding factor but some thoughts from those experienced working digitally would be great.

yjoh

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