AI SKILL

Gain Staging & Levels

Teaches an AI assistant to follow the signal from microphone to destination, convert dBu, dBV, volts and dBFS with a tested script, and find the stage that adds noise or clips.

What it does

Describe your chain and the symptom. The skill builds a level table and points at the weak stage.

  • Tested conversions. dBu, dBV, volts and dBFS are computed by a script with tests, not guessed by the model.
  • Chain table. Nominal level, clip point and gain for each stage, in one unit.
  • Analogue to digital. Alignment such as EBU R 68 and SMPTE RP 155, with a reminder to check your own converter manual.

Where it helps

For hiss, distortion, mismatched pro and consumer gear, or setting levels through a console, converter, codec or stream. It does not measure loudness (LUFS) and cannot see your equipment.

How to use it

  1. Add the skill folder to Claude as a Skill, or open the universal prompt file and paste it into ChatGPT, Gemini or any assistant (custom GPT, Gem, system prompt, or the start of a chat).
  2. Describe your problem in your own words. The skill asks the few questions that change the answer.
  3. Check the answer against your equipment manuals and, where it matters, a measurement.

Limits

A skill makes an AI assistant more careful, not infallible. It cannot see your equipment, it can be wrong, and standards and platforms change. Every skill lists its sources and what it does not know, and shows whether a person has validated it. Mains power, RF power and structural work always need a qualified person.

Changelog

  • 26.10.1 2026-10-29

    First release. Status: to validate (not yet reviewed by a broadcast engineer).