if you could help me understand this, i would be very grateful....
this sounds like my problem with fl studio...
there is the master track volume to the right of the mixer....for the output of the mix.....
and then there is this 'master volume' above by the clock/counter.
and that meter will peak on me, while the master output fader still has mega headroom....
the fl instructions state to 'reset' and keep the above master volume, at its default position.
so my mixing is a problem, because matching the two, is difficult.
anything that raises the master fader output, raises the above master volume to the clipping state...
when i mix, after setting the individual channel faders to where i want them, does the master fader have to be at the '0' position, or can i bring it down to where i want it?...that is the output to the physical world right?
and another thing, is the step sequencer volumes, where should they be during the mix process....
there are so many volume settings for the output, it drives me nuts to try and balance all of them...
i have read every thing and watched u tube everything and cannot find enough about this (probably simple issue to correct)....
but i am lost about this....
how to balance the output volumes...
just an example of how you do it, step by step with a song, you are sending out the door, would probably answer it for me....
thankyou so much for your advice and help...
chriscallans@yahoo.com

Simdog, good question. You are right, there are a lot of different places to change the volumes of the mix. I usually try to get everything even by 1st tweaking the volume knobs for each sample/synth. Once those are even, you can tweak individual notes in the step sequencer if necessary. Last part is to get the overall mix to the right level. This is where you can use the master channel in the mixer and a compressor. The master channel in the mixer is what you want to keep out of the red.