wax&wires

Levels in Digital Audio

Holger Lagerfeldt was nice enough to let me post his guide to levels in digital audio here. I figured it was due time for another Wire Tips article, so here it is.

“Levels in Digital Audio” deals with overall theory in digital audio, which applies whether you’re in Logic, Cubase, ProTools, Ableton, or any other DAW.

It’s a very quick read and covers questions about bit depth, the various triggers and stages for clipping (and how to avoid them), whether or not to normalize, and he also debunks several myths about what can help or hurt your audio fidelity.

You can also find a great thread on GS about “Loudness when Producing and Mixing.” Very helpful.

About the author:
Holger Lagerfeldt is a Danish composer and record producer known for numerous pop and dance hit songs. Lagerfeldt received a Danish Grammy nomination as Producer of the Year 1999 and has so far received 50 gold and platinum records during his career. (wikipedia)

This entry was posted on Friday, December 3rd, 2010 at 7:40 pm. It is filed under wire tips and tagged with articles, audio fidelity, bit depth, clipping, daw, loudness, mixing, producers, production, recording, studio, tips, tracking. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.