[benfan]

I think i understand.  Using that tool enables you to send the best/hottest signal into the DAW without any clipping occuring?  I dont think Cubase comes with that tool built in, any freeware/program you could suggest to try?

Thanks for the help!

[benfan]

I use the gauges on my Line 6 UX2 to measure the peaks for the guitars.  But im not sure how i should be measuring the output levels from SD.  I have it so that it only goes about half way to 3/4 of the way up the meter in Cubase.  The waveform doesnt look to peak as high as the other instruments once iv exported it into Cubase so i feel that I might not be pushing the output level in SD enough.

[benfan]

Thanks for the continued help on this.  Iv exported my mixdown from the SD into Cubase.  The levels seem really low however.  I have my guitars peaking at between -18 and -12 dB as advised elsewhere, and the drum mix doesnt cut through as i would like.

[benfan]

Thanks for the reply, i dont quite understand though! (I am still a little simple towards all of this).  I want to export the audio into my DAW now iv finished all the mixing so i can make sure the levels are correct (there is always a slight discrepency in volume between what i heard in SD and what i hear in Cubase) and start tracking bass and guitar.  Am i correct in thinking that if i export the output that SD uses as an audio mixdown into Cubase, it will send in the raw files before they have been affected by my mixing?

[benfan]

Bumping this thread.

When iv finished mixing within SD2, what is the best way of bouncing the audio as a stereo track into cubase, post mixer (so the WAV file is affected by all the EQ and what not is taking place in SD2).  And is there a way of bouncing seperate WAV files for each bus from SD2?  For example if im using the Fredrik Thordendaal preset, all of the mixing has been done on busses 1-8.

[benfan]

Thanks for the replies.  I was under the assumption that i should mix in SD so that my main output channel for the whole mix should be pushing up to 0dB.  And then i can adjust the level accordingly within Cubase.

[benfan]

Im planning on eventually upgrading to a custom built pc eventually, when i get better at it.  Some decent monitors come first though i think.  Do you guys like to bounce from SD to your DAW with the output peaking as close to 0db without it peaking?
Im not sure which the best signal is to send into my DAW when iv finished with the mixing.

[benfan]

Thanks for the reply.  Ill have a look into what you said about triggering the sidechain.  My laptop isnt designed for studio engineering (Dual core AMD, 4 gig RAM) which is why i want to do all my mixing within SD, so i can save RAM and my CPU for mixing the other instruments.

[benfan]

Thanks for the replies.  My main gripe is that im mixing on a laptop, so i would prefer to do all my drum mixing within the SD interface.  However if i do this and then send it out as a stereo audio file, i wont have the ability to say bus the bass to a compression track with the kick for example. Is this an issue you guys would find when doing all of your drum mixing within SD?

[benfan]

Yeah that was probably what it was.  Less of a glitch in the DAW and more to do with me bieng a dumbass.

What range of velocities do you guys usually use when programming in SD?

[benfan]

I sorted the original problem, seems like it was just a glitch in the DAW because all I had to do was delete the MIDI and reprogram it. 
Im giving the MIDI velocity editing a try.  What range of velocities do you usually use?  Iv read between 120 upto 127 for the kick and snare and toms and upto 120 for hats and OH? 
Whats your slant on it?

[benfan]

Thanks for the reply.  Iv solo’d each drum and between the kick and overheads it seems like a general volume swell.  Iv turned off all humanization across all the drums and that has no effect.  Im relying on the humanizer to alter the velocities for me, im not editing it in cubase at all.  Really confused with this.  Iv tried copying the drums over onto a seperate midi track and that makes no difference either.

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