Going over a retro post

[JohnS (Ugawoga)]

Hi
Sometime back I was going on about recording gain on Genos / Now Genos 2.

I found out that using the Compressor gain In the master section actually got the recording level in Cubase up to 18Luf's which is the sweet spot for mixing in Cubase 14.  The thing is does this compressor work as a compressor or a gain tool in reality or does it squeeze the recording.
I once rang Yamaha UK and the tech guy said he had exported the midi file  Into the Genos flat no compression from Genos and uses a plugin in IK multimedia' Mixbox. So obviously it has a gain control. At that time he said he could not remember which one it was called.

Now, Eileen who is a very wise Genos player said go flat, no compression and all sliders max 127 which i did not understand at the time.
So i think now that you mix a song on the Genos at a good slider level, shove them all up to max when exporting to Cubase.
This i will now have to try as this could push the gain up somewhat. I always make sure that the song level in the mixer is max also before exporting.
The Genos does seem to struggle with output gain and if you put the gain up too much in Cubase you will get a noise floor which Cubase Wavlab can sort out or Izotope RX elements can do.

What is the strongest gain output level achieved on Genos 2 for recording in Cubase 14 ??  Any Takers??
all the Best
John


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