I need help with gain levels with my akg c1000s

Hi

Without knowing what audio interface you have and what software your using, the following info should give you a basic setup to start  recording, in a home studio.

Record Only with Headphones, no extra sound, so no speakers etc, turn your mic gain all the way off, turn the headphone level to say 75%, position your mouth approx 4-5 inches away from condensor mic, whilst  your singing get someone to increase the gain on mic until you get a good level on your headphone, DO NOT have headphone blasting your ears, as your mic will pick up the sound bleeding from your headset.

Now record a test track, and analyze the wave form, if the wave form is all small, then you can increase the gain, a bit at a time, if the wave form is filling the track, you will probably have clipping going on, so reduce the gain, and increase the headphone level.

Remember record only a clean signal ie without and effects, you add the effects after you record, eq, de-ess, compress minimally to get sound, add delay, reverb etc. then a small amount of compress at end should give you a good start.

Remember to clean your recorded signal of any artifacts etc prior to an effects, else the artifacts also get the effects.

This is not a how to guide by any stretch of the imagination, but should get you started in the right direction.

Hope that helps.

Last edited by shoxproductions (2012-01-06 14:32:45)