Gain Staging: Storing Clip Waveform Zoom

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So I run my whole system now at -18 because I use outboard gear and overall compared to 10 years ago…its light years ahead of where I was

However, because the clips are all now calibrated pre static mix etc, without clip zoom its pretty clunky. Easily fixed by clip zoom but it would be so much easier if I could have something to its just a button press to be exactly the right zoom. Pretty much I want -15 peaks to start being graphically clipped and -18 to be the “always visible” so the overall rough picture of diff elements is more a muscle mem thing…which is it…its just the zoom crawls around

Below is a sample of -18 with -12 peaks…because most percussive stuff works best with a wave/crest around these levels (for me…I mix for audiophile not loudness and you dont get something for nothing)

Where is clip zoom memory located?

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EDIT: I did try just using a repeating macro but
It takes 17 mouse wheel clicks to get to the perfect zoom

However in macros, the zoom waveform is really coarse and even 4 is too far.
Hmm…
The controls/widgets are not exposed so I can even use AHK to create a quick macro

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No one know?

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Hi,

you could use the PLE and apply three pre commands as transform action,

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and assign it to a key command. Works just fine to get in the ballpark area for waveforms with a max of -12dB.

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What do you think?

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Thats what I initially did…Ill look at it again

As mentioned, I counted the mouse scrolls and added the same amount but its very coarse…Id like to see exact so that the window informs me immediately…if it has >6db, its telling me I need to do something

What would be super helpful too would be grid lines horizontally so that you can clearly see 2 ref points esp for perc etc because wave/crest is a fairly good indication visually…of course drive with out ears…but its about speed and picking up issues quickly on the way. In audio editor too…I asked for crosshairs with amplitude in both supervision and in editor years ago…I kept using WL…
eg

(rough as but you get the idea)

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