[Deputy Dumbya Dawg[_2_]]

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
:
: Until something goes wrong with your software and the
soundcard starts
: spitting out noise at 0dBFS. A real monitor panel
gives you a quick
: place to shut it down, and also means you're using
the D/A at much
: higher levels (since the gain control is after the
D/A instead of
: before it).

One of the reasons I have a physical gain control after
my external DAC is so I can run my mix at the mixdown
level regardless of my monitoring level.

The Cuebase 4 Control Room gives you an attenuator (yes
a software attenuator) after the master "fader" control
so you can continue to mix at the desired mixdown level
(what you would send to mastering) while adjusting the
SPL of your monitors independantly----and also
calibrating all your monitor speakers to speak at the
same level when you switch between them.

If I was using the Control Room I would still have my
(audio power- seperate from computer) power switch
close by to shut down the amps in the event 0dBFS noise
happened.
:
: Also, of course, you get zero-latency monitoring
through a real monitor
: panel, which you don't through any software.

This is why I still use my console for monitoring and
for my cue mixes.

peace
dawg
:
: But then, I don't really like DAW systems at all and
I much prefer having
: physical hardware to do any job.
: --scott
: --
: "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres
precis."