Producer, artist, software developer, actor, and all around Renaissance man Steven Jay Cohen has your back when it comes to getting the best recording levels.

Check out this post on his site: Setting Your Own Recording Levels: A Step-by-Step Guide.

Something has changed. You bought a new mic? A new pre-amp? You added some new sound treatment? Or, your set-up is the same, but the room its in is different? Any variation in your recording space means that you really should go through all of your settings again. Don’t be afraid. There is no reason to be overwhelmed.

If you take it step-by-step, it’s really not that difficult to do.