Gain traced through every stage of a real desk on both paths, why the summing amplifier is where a mix quietly runs out of room, and a diagnostic checklist for a session that is noisy for no obvious reason.
The gain-staging lesson in Course 2.1 gave the principle. This one is the same principle at console scale — traced through every stage of both paths, with the specific place a mix runs out of room, and a checklist for the session that is noisy and nobody knows why.
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