HYPNAGOGIA wrote:. You can drive the mixer fader all the way up, and it will reach 0 and stop there. The clipping/distortion that you actually hear (as you said you can hear +10db - and I'm sure everybody can hear when that happens) is actually happening on the output. That's why you need to lower the Master volume when that happens - which also says in itself that it's important to have good meters there, where it really counts.
Yet the master volume is set to -18db and the output is +10 db.............
Why is there another volume control past the master mixer level? (It's set to 32 for this example by the way whatever 32 represents certainly the most cryptic number in the chain)
HYPNAGOGIA wrote:It's an equivalent of having a knob there in the center position. 32 is simply the center between 1 and 64 (in image frame count terms).
Doesn't answer why there is another volume knob past that master volume (which also appears to be pre master effects).
Teksonik wrote:Meters are tools designed to help accomplish this task..................
HYPNAGOGIA wrote:Yes, for the output. Having mixer levels in certain positions is completely irrelevant as long as you lower master so that clipping doesn't occur.
Yet a master level of -18 db yields an output of +10db.............You see the problem?
HYPNAGOGIA wrote:The majority of sales come from advertising, or more likely "word of mouth" - recommendations. Do you know what's the most common recommendation said to beginners on forums seeking advice on what host to get?
"Go with Cubase, it's made for people"
Yep, you read that right. The most ignorant and stupid recommendation you can think of, yet there it is. Does that in any way say anything about the host's functionality? Does it refer that it has accurate mixer meters? Not in the slightest. Cubase is good to work when you have loads of hardware you need to connect and record, but when it comes to soft-synths, I find Orion beats it tenfolds with its ease of use.
I don't know what forums you're reading but the most common recommendations I see are for Reaper and FL Studio. Cubase hardly gets a mention anymore most likely because of it's dongle C/P method.
The whole point of this is why are there tens of thousands of people using other apps and only tens of people using Orion? Certainly the opportunity for word of mouth is just as great at KVR and Gearslutz etc and I've never seen Reaper advertise anywhere. Could the lack of coherent metering be one of the reasons why Orion remains a boutique app? What's the likelihood that the tens of thousands of users of other apps are ignorant or......... well you take it from there.