A complete guide to gain staging
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Promotes a free trial and cheat sheets.
Common gain staging questions answered in chapters: what it is, why it matters and how to set levels.
Answers the follow-up questions most gain staging videos skip.
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:26 What and Why?
- 2:01 Is it just volume balancing?
- 4:24 How to change a region's gain?
- 5:55 What is the sweet spot?
- 7:44 How to use a VU meter?
- 10:48 Why can't I use my DAW's volume meter?
- 13:30 What if a track starts to clip?
- 17:38 When should I gain stage?
- 18:58 Do I have to do it on all of my tracks?
- 19:50 Do I have to do it on MIDI tracks?
- 21:57 How long should it take?