Preset levelling and DAW levels

Oshin

Oshin

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Hi everyone,

I have always set my levels on the AFX3 to feed a good level into Logic X Pro however this will almost always cause my preset level to go into the red. I see a lot about preset levels in the AXE should be around 0db which makes sense however this means I need to turn LPX down a lot and turn up the AXE to record. Is this just how it is or am I missing something? With the faders at o db in LPX and need more volume is just adding a gain plugin the go.

Hope this makes sense

Thank you
 
Oshin said:
Hi everyone,

I have always set my levels on the AFX3 to feed a good level into Logic X Pro however this will almost always cause my preset level to go into the red. I see a lot about preset levels in the AXE should be around 0db which makes sense however this means I need to turn LPX down a lot and turn up the AXE to record. Is this just how it is or am I missing something? With the faders at o db in LPX and need more volume is just adding a gain plugin the go.
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A sensible level of around -10 dBFS on your DAW meter will cause the output block vu meter in the Axe-FX to go into the red. There's nothing wrong with that. Note the use of the color red in that meter is inconsistent with the color red on the front panel meters, which may be the source of your confusion.
 
GlennO said:
A sensible level of around -10 dBFS on your DAW meter will cause the output block vu meter in the Axe-FX to go into the red. There's nothing wrong with that. Note the use of the color red in that meter is inconsistent with the color red on the front panel meters, which may be the source of your confusion.
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Okay thank you for that, I had been setting the level so it is good in the DAW but as you say it pushes the VU into the red, then I see other videos with people saying that the VU level should not go into the red. There is some mixed information regarding this out there. Thanks for your help.
 
The output block meters on the AxeFX itself can be used in a pinch when you're not connected to a computer, but otherwise you'll be a lot better off ignoring the output block meter and instead using the meters in a DAW.
 
Yeah, the 0dB line in the Out block meters is about -12 dBFS which is a good signal level. It leaves plenty of headroom and still ensure more than enough dynamic range in a 24 bit track. 24 bit audio can record about 144 dB of dynamic range. Humans can detect about 120 dB without risking permanent hearing damage. It's pretty unlikely an electric guitar signal is going to need anywhere near that much dynamic range given its typically quite compressed sound, especially high gain sounds.
 
Anthony76 said:
Unless you using floating point in you DAW I wouldn’t go anywhere near 0dbfs
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floating point is valid daw internal, if he clips the output converter of axe, our input of his interface….it’s clipped, floating/non floating…too late already.

Though the OP is safe in this regard since he is going little over 0db with the VU of axe fx, which is right around the appropriate level to record.
 
unFILTERed said:
floating point is valid daw internal, if he clips the output converter of axe, our input of his interface….it’s clipped, floating/non floating…too late already.

Though the OP is safe in this regard since he is going little over 0db with the VU of axe fx, which is right around the appropriate level to record.
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Oh absolutely don’t clip the converter
 
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