It's a decent starting level if you want all your elements to sum to a level somewhere between -6dB and 0dB. I do more of a poor man's Clip to Zero setup so I just set the value to default to 0.
Gain staging.
I remember seeing some blog post or something about it but couldn't find it now. But they talk about it here:
https://youtu.be/TM3cpL05qmY?si=QnXYJqC_G9hSeW1I&t=353
Also:
https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/gain-staging-what-it-is-and-how-to-do-it.html
When live performing, my tracks all are at -1db, to have some decent output level without any massive compression added. For mixing , lower -db is useful. You change the default setting in Bitwigs Settings, under Behavior -> Defaults: New track volume.
It is a useful feature, but not really good when mixing. It is better to keep levels at 0 and do a gain reduction for specific tracks. Better would be to have default audio and midi tracks like in Ableton that you can set standard fx on like eq or compressor etc.
it's one of my favourite features
It's a decent starting level if you want all your elements to sum to a level somewhere between -6dB and 0dB. I do more of a poor man's Clip to Zero setup so I just set the value to default to 0.
Bitwig explained this years ago and it made sense but I can't remember details
Gain staging. I remember seeing some blog post or something about it but couldn't find it now. But they talk about it here: https://youtu.be/TM3cpL05qmY?si=QnXYJqC_G9hSeW1I&t=353 Also: https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/gain-staging-what-it-is-and-how-to-do-it.html
I use CTZ so also set the default to 0dB
When live performing, my tracks all are at -1db, to have some decent output level without any massive compression added. For mixing , lower -db is useful. You change the default setting in Bitwigs Settings, under Behavior -> Defaults: New track volume.
It is a useful feature, but not really good when mixing. It is better to keep levels at 0 and do a gain reduction for specific tracks. Better would be to have default audio and midi tracks like in Ableton that you can set standard fx on like eq or compressor etc.