How to decrease the monitoring volume?

Cubase
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Hi,

I’m composing/mixing at a low volume (about -10dB) but when I want to record something like my guitar, the monitoring volume is WAY too loud compared to the level being recorded (about -20 dB). It’s so loud it almost covers every other instrument.

How can I manage to reduce the audible guitar level while recording without reducing the recording level?
Thanks!

2

Not sure I’m understanding you correctly, but don’t you just turn down the channel fader?

3

Nope :wink: Turning down the channel fader of the guitar won’t reduce the volume I’m hearing while playing but the volume while played back.

But I think I found the culprit: when I start a new project, I select link all audio channels and set them to -10dB. I configured my mixer so input are hidden. But they got also selected in the process, and I saw they were at -8 or even -16dB.

Thanks!

4

But this raises another question: how come when I’m selecting all my output channels, it also selects my input channels???

5

Theres three wee things to the left of the mixer that sets the target, make sure you have the correct one/s selected.