Hi folks,

I have always had this problem with my DAW Realband or Cubase, when I record my vocal I have always had to apply gain to it, so as to make it fit in with the rest of the realtracks even though the faders are turned down on them.

I am using a fast track pro interface and probably one of the cheaper shure dynamic mics a c606. I turn up the gain pre amp on the interface but make sure its not clipping, set the imput on the Cubase mixer at 0db but still the peaks on the recorded vocal can be like -22db even when the channel fader is turned up to max.

Applying gain cures the problem but should the recorded levels be that low?

Thanks for any pointers at what I am doing wrong.

Musiclover

Musiclover

My music https://www.youtube.com/user/donegalprideofall

Windows 10 (64bit) M-Audio Fast Track Pro, Band in a Box 2025, Cubase 14, Cakewalk and far too many VST plugins that I probably don't need or will ever use smile