Master volume setting

[hatembr]

hi!!

i'd like to know how do u all set your master volume?
in the manual they say set it to the max to get full dynamics, but when u set your LED display mode to output1, u notice that all the init patches clip!

so what is the best settings for this ?

[Hollowcell]

I have it set to max, but I play with the patch volume settings.

By the way, I like your new Avtar! That must have been after a hard night! hehe

[Tomer=Trance]

i usualy set it to 100
i find it better for some reason then puting it on 127 and puting patch volume on 20

[hatembr]

Originally Posted by Hollowcell

By the way, I like your new Avtar! That must have been after a hard night! hehe

oooooooh yes, a hard night when my dog (a female) was hot and excited and jumbed on my arm to satisfy its desires!


[small].......shit, you'll believe i'm zoophile now [/small]

[picato]

Every time you boost something, you'll automatically boost the distortion on that sound to...

There's actually no reason in setting your master to a lower value than max, and then boosting the separate channels. Always try to make as little boosting as possible.
Instead set master out to max, then lower some channels if they clip. Every time you raise or decrease the level you'll get some distortion and loss of signal to. The difference maybe isn't that great, but don't bost the separate channels if you can raise the master instead.

Dynamics...

[hatembr]

yeah but the signal clips when coming out of the virus first, before reaching the mixer, so it's better to lower the volume patch on the virus, isn't it ?

[picato]

Originally Posted by hatembr

yeah but the signal clips when coming out of the virus first, before reaching the mixer, so it's better to lower the volume patch on the virus, isn't it ?

Yes, but never lower the master, and then boost the separate parts, for sosme reason. That's just a waste.

[Hollowcell]

Originally Posted by hatembr

shit, you'll believe i'm zoophile now

Actually that's what most of us had guessed even before this post Hatembr! Hehe

Originally Posted by picato

Instead set master out to max, then lower some channels if they clip.

As long as you mean lowering the parts with-in the Virus itself and not lowering the channels on your mixer, then this is fine.

If you just lower the channels on your mixer, then you will just get a quieter clipped signal.

Originally Posted by tomer

i usualy set it to 100
i find it better for some reason then puting it on 127 and puting patch volume on 20

What ever works for you tomer I guess. But I'd sugest a change here.