Point me in the right direction for mixing inside the OT to get best results

[brucegill]

Lots of reading tonight. For anyone reading this down the road, this post really helped with the diagram

Gain aGain

Can’t be easy with all OT gain stages! GAIN 0 (Mixer) VOL +63 (Thru only) GAIN 0 (Pickup only) VOL 0 (Amp) FX1 (beware*) FX2 (beware*) LEVEL 127 (Default is 108, around -3db) MAIN LEVEL 0 (impact on SRC3 MAIN recording) *FX can increase levels drastically, especially the Compressor! 31 GAIN is around 24 db, I didn’t go further for test. It can be interesting for very low signals, as a guitar or dynamic mike straight in OT, with all other parameters maxed! The values are a refer…

And this one

Gain aGain

Easiest way to tell if input level is ok is to start new project leave everything at default, set up a flex on track 1 and assign record buffer 1 to the slot, then connect your source and sample, check in AED for level, I try to get it near to top of screen at peaks, such that there are a few pixels of headroom, like this: [image] Adjust gain in mixer as necessary.