Re: Mixing Rule from Bobby Owsinksi's Book

>I'd say with everything floating point including 
>the mix bus, you are right. I don't think that 
>has changed in the last 5 years but I might be 
>wrong. But why don't you ask the man himself? 
>http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/
>
>Kind regards,
>Ben]

And so I did!  Here's Bobby's response:

"Hey Sean,

Regardless of whether you're in analog or 
digital, floating point or fixed, the rule of 
thumb is that the master should always be above 
the other faders to keep the signal path clean so 
there's no overload in the signal path.

That said, it's not going to matter if you have 
to keep backing down the master during a mix and 
it ends up 5 or 6dB lower; it can make a big 
difference if it's down 25dB lower though.

But if it sounds OK, then it is OK either way.

It's not an unequivocal rule, just a rule of 
thumb to keep everything clean sounding.

Hope that helps.

Bobby"


So it's more of a suggestion than a rule, though 
in the book it is clearly stated as "Rule Number 
One," accompanied by mixing diagrams labelled "right" and "wrong."
I think the basic concept is a sound starting 
point, even in a floating point system, as it 
will likely lead to less unnecessary hotness, 
thereby reducing the need for hyper-compression 
and limiting. But for beginning mixers like my 
client, I think it would be wise to soften the 
hard and fast aspect of it in Bobby's next revision.



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