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Input level indicator/meter
johnfranklin
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Hi all....
I'd like to be able to see if my input level is clipping or is too quiet. Like a meter on a mixer, or interface. Even a little red 'clipping' dot like on smaller interfaces would do. A meter would be excellent.
The only way I'm judging appropriate line in levels is auditioning a synth or drum and using my ear to see if I'm roughly working at similar volumes.
Does it exist in the deluge?
Cheers
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I don't think there's a way other than listening to it at the moment. I think it starts compressing the sound as soon as the output level reaches the limit, rather than distorting it. I once resampled a track where the clips were way too loud and was surprised that the resampled file sounded nothing like the output that I got while just playing the project. So I think there are some analog limits to it that don't apply when digitally resampling it internally.
I have developed the habit to keep the volume of every row very low at about one to two LEDs and mix it at that level. That way there's enough headroom and I can do a bit of maximizing afterwards in my DAW.
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Thanks for the reply. Working at low levels is a good tip, cheers!
Yes, I also use this idea - actually I sample or resample stuff then head off to Audacity to get what I need. However, I would also enjoy being able to see input levels in some form, or maybe if you record at a low level simply have a normalize option on a Deluge, it's pretty standard on most software nowadays.
From the deluge manual:
This applies to anything recorded into a synth or a kit.
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Has anyone else come up with a way to avoid clipping without loosing audio quality by recording at a low level? So weird that it doesn’t already have a clipping indicator on the line input, recording through the internal microphone already has it, seems like it wouldn’t be too difficult to implement.