When I assign a channel to the master bus using the Master Bus Assign switch, the signal on the master bus gets louder. How can I find out by how many dB the signal in the mix is louder?
Thanks for the quick help.
You might be better off asking your question on the Mixbus forum…
There’s a dedicated Mixbus forum here
When two exact signals are combined, it is doubled, so possibly 3dB of gain.difference.
Thank you very much, I can now estimate how loud an additional 3dB sounds in the mix.
BTW, if your channel is assigned to a mixbus (group) and that mixbus is already routed to Master - but then you also assign the channel to Master, that might be why you’re hearing the level increase. And how much louder it gets will depend on the levels of their respective faders.
Yes, I want to make a background singer a little louder while he’s singing solo.
You would typically use fader automation for that, not changing bus connections.
I’d use region gain for that:
That’s usually how I do it too. I was just curious how many dB more I could hear. Thank you very much.
Like I mentioned yesterday, keep in mind that it won’t necessarily be 3dB - it all depends on the respective levels of your channel fader and your bus fader. In fact if both faders are at the same setting it’s much more likely to be 6dB
Thanks again for the heads-up. I’m sure I won’t have any problems with that; ultimately, I’ll decide whether I like the sound or not by listening to it. So, no worries. 