Gain Staging - First Steps To Set Up Your Mix

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This video explains how to gain stage your multitracks before you actually start the mixing process, where to look to find distortion and how to avoid it in the first place.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Start
03:06 - Why is gain staging important in a DAW?
13:21 - Demo starts here!
15:33 - First listen to check levels for gain staging
16:37 - What is Unity gain?
22:59 - Prefader metering in Pro Tools
24:28 - Gain staging the imported tracks
31:04 - Why to keep your faders near unity gain
35:07 - Checking the new levels after gain staging the multitracks

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This video accompanies my Gain Staging With A VU Meter video and addresses the steps to take before you start to actually mix.

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