try useing the booth output into ur line in instead of master that way u can run seperate volume for your speakers and ur recording thats what i do

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT I have a DXM06 as well. Just turn the master volume up as much as you need to. And if you wanna increase it more throughout the mix then just turn up the volume through the stereo. My setup is just like yours. And yeah, on that mixer there is yellow, green and then red on the gain meter.

Running the risk and most likely succeeding to sound like I don't know what I'm talking about, how do I stay aout of the yellow on the VU meter? Just turn down my gains? Or is the fact that I'm using my eq's at full force have something to do with it?

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Originally posted by inflight101 Running the risk and most likely succeeding to sound like I don't know what I'm talking about, how do I stay aout of the yellow on the VU meter? Just turn down my gains? Or is the fact that I'm using my eq's at full force have something to do with it?

Yeah don't use your EQ's at full force. Tracks are mastered so that having all EQ's at 12 o'clock SHOULD keep it at the originally mastered sound. I only adjust my EQ's away from the 12 o'clocl position for either effect or if I think the track wasn't mastered so great and certain parts need to be adjusted.

I've also got the DMX-06 mixer and I need to have the gains at around the 10 o'clock position. It seems really low but just increase the master volume so it sounds right to you.

That way it wont distort on your recording. Also, like someone else has said, keep your eq's at 12 o'clock or just over and only increase them for effect or for giving a poorly mastered and quiet tune some welly.