titchyblackcat Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I have a Pod Hd bean and want to use it to record into my pc. Does the mixer setting of the Channel A/B make any difference to resulting output.(Apart from the volume) I've read somewhere that the best setting for the mixer is +12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidroe Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 NO!!!!! That setting should bounce around -12 on a digital mixer in a DAW. -15 is equal to 0 on an analog desk. That's why you hear the term headroom. If your signal is around -15 or -12 at your peaks, what is referred to as your loudest reading on your DAW meter, you have a very good strong, clean recording level! Hence, all that available level is left in case you need it. +12 is way over the distortion threshold for recording, even for tape! LOL! I hope this helped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbarden Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I think he was referring to the mixer setting on the pod instead of the digital mixer. But sidroe is right, that's where you want your input levels to be on your daw, so if your pod mixer's at +12 and your hitting -15 to -12 input in your daw you should be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titchyblackcat Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 I meant the Pod HD Bean Mixer . I read it was +12 on the Pod mixer was best. I can't find the thread where it said that now. So, on the Pod mixer is it best at 0db ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I always set the POD mixer at 0db and only adjust that as the last resort if necessary. I experiment with all other volume controls first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinDorr Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Start by setting your mixer at 0 as stated above with an empty signal path (no amp, no effect, no nothing ;-) Play your guitar and if it's peaking above -12dBFS peak in your DAW lower guitar volume or even pickups. If you're going for a dirty or high gain tone on the long run a couple dB above -12dBFS is fine. If you are going for clean try to stay at or slightly below -12dBFS for peaks. If your DAW signal is less than -12dBFS peak consider adding gain on your first effect or increase amp channel volume so that your signal is at a healthy level (but w/o risk of compression or soft clipping) for subsequent model processing. Add models and make sure your peaks stay below the -12dB mark in your DAW. For example, I use a JTV69 and for a Spank 4 model selection and going for a super clean tone I use a Mid Focus EQ as first effect at tone neutral settings and with 9dB gain to get my guitar input signal to <= -12dBFS for single note soloing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titchyblackcat Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 OK That's great i'll keep to that in the future. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titchyblackcat Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi I've got the guitar peaking a -12db with an empty signal path (The master knob is at max). All my pre sets are too loud. So with out changing the pre set tonally which is the best knob to turn down. Reading the manual it says channel volume shouldn't colour the tone. Or, should ijust the pull the sliders on the Pod Hd mixer down ? Any ideas please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 As you point out, reducing channel volume will not affect tone. So that may be the best place to start. However, I would also try lowering the volume knob on the guitar. Seems like you may have a hot input to begin with and you might end up with a better range of clean/dirty settings to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 TURN THE MASTER VOLUME DOWN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titchyblackcat Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thank you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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