The Basics of Gain Staging Explained
Ever hear the phrase, “You can’t fit 10 pounds of stuff in a five-pound bag?” Well, gain staging is literally the art of doing just that. It’s the process of combing dozens, if not hundreds of channels together, without causing any clipping at all.
There's a finite amount of space in a mix, and it’s your job as the mixing engineer to make sure you fit all of the tracks within that space. That’s where gain staging comes in. But to understand gain staging in a DAW, you’ve got to understand the basics of digital audio.
This is an excerpt from The Basics of Gain Staging Explained, originally published by Vintage King. Read the full version here.
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