Rutabago wrote: "This leads me to another question. Frank, You prefer -3db & Rharv you use -6 db. What are these decisions based on?....Hank"

My choice of -3db is fairly arbitrary. When I choose normalize Reaper would default to 0db. Adding a bunch of tracks together would result in me having to lower the 'Master' volume (not a big deal but I didn't care for it). At -3db that doesn't happen much (I usually only have around 6 tracks).

What I like, is my compressor and my reverb bus and my reverb sends are set in my templete. Because I always have about the same levels on my tracks (-3db) my sends and compressor and master limiter are already in the ballpark of where I want them. I just tweek from there. This just helps an old persons memory like mine.


Frank

Some tunes from me and my collaborator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvGqM6ktMW5ltTnyit1KWPg/videos


Band-in-a-Box Ultrapak 2019, Windows 11, Reaper, Behringer u-phoria UMC404HD, Kali LP-8