Gain Staging In Your DAW
This is a little known tip the pros know and is often over looked by music makers in their DAW. Most people, myself included at one point , are mixing down their tracks at levels that are too hot.
Gain Staging is about setting gain levels, not listening levels.
If you know how a trim knob works on a DJ mixer, then you already get it. Here’s a post about how to do the same in your DAW.
Yes this is needed in the digital realm, Nicky Howard from The Fat Mastering provides additional input.
Check it out.