Inconsistent Volume

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Internal gain stage recommendations

Just wondering what kind of settings others are using on Octatrack, from track volume, through level and then through “main”. I have a comprehensive set of Electron boxes and want to put them through my mixer ideally with the same gain settings. So, I’m trying to get Octatrack to match Rytm and A4.

Gain Staging in Octa

Hey guys, Still wrapping my head around the octa but i had a quick question: Is there anyway to visually monitor the level of your audio on each track. I know you can do this when sampling via the light under the record buttons, but i was wondering if there was any way to do visually represent the db of the audio signal already recorded to the track. Hope this makes sense Thanks, Adam

Headroom, gain staging, stereo space and other headaches

Hi guys, I have an issue with my OT that is not so easy to describe as I’m not a professional sound engineer. I usually start producing with kick and bass, filter and add compression on each track to give it more thump. At that point it seems that the signal coming out of each track is already very “hot”, like there’s no headroom left. When I add other elements they don’t seem to mix well, I lose dynamics. An incremental increase of even a few values of a track’s level or effects can cause dis…