gmastag Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Hi, I primarily record drums and have a rather annoying issue. Even when my interface preamps are turned all the way down, I am still clipping my channel strip in Logic. This happens with dynamic and condenser mics. I really want to achieve proper gain staging at the source, but this is making it nearly impossible. Am I missing something? Thank you all for your help! Gear: Logic Pro X 10.2 Interface : M-Audio FastTrack Ultra 8 USB MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-iinch, Mid 2015) OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 500GB HD 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Are there any plug-ins on your channel strip? Do you see clipping while the channel strip is Record enabled and Logic is stopped? Or when Logic is playing back the recording? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRF_Audio Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 If you are clipping a dynamic mic with the gain all the way down....that's like jet engine loud. I would think something else is happening. Is your interface also clipping, or just in Logic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmastag Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks for the response guys. There are no plugins on the channel strips. It clips when the tracks are record enabled and when Logic is stopped and no recording is happening. It will then in turn clip during recording and during playback. My interface is not clipping, just Logic. Side note: I'm not beating the crap out of my drums either. I am playing at medium to low volumes (... said every drummer ever...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRF_Audio Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 What interface are you using? Does it have an option to set the output between "consumer" (-10) and "Professional" (+4)? If it's not clipping at the interface, then there's extra gain coming from somewhere. Even if you were absolutely smashing the drums with a hammer, that's not loud enough to make most dynamic mics clip with no gain. I've recorded gun shots during sound design sessions with dynamic mics about a foot away from the side of the chamber, and I still needed the gain to be around 9-10 o'clock. Dynamic mics typically require tons of gain to get a clean, usable signal. That's less true being close mic'ed on a drum...but it's still not gonna clip at zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRF_Audio Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Also, is it happening on every input of your interface, or only on some? Different mics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 How about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmastag Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 How about this? Holy crap @Shivermetimbers! I actually had no clue the knobs did that...... I can't wait to get home today to give it a try. I will let you know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmastag Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 It worked! That was the issue. Thank you all so much for your responsiveness and help. I guess next time I will look at the user manual a little closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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