Does decreasing volume of some recorded parts affect quality??

[Music_for_life]

I want to decrease volume of some fragments I recorded with nuendo and straight into the audio interface. That will decrease sound quality of that parts???

[thehangingmist]

it does not if thats all you do, you know, just lower the volume! but then am not sure if that is what you mean?

[Music_for_life]

Originally Posted by varunkapahi

it does not if thats all you do, you know, just lower the volume! but then am not sure if that is what you mean?

Yes, I mean lowering the volume of some phrases that stand out a lot.

[miiitch]

as long as you´re not using some crappy device or broken vst, there won´t be any problems.

you can do it with a compressor (decreasing volume at any place that´s louder than the comp´s threshold), or manually via volume automation (=> google).

depending on the song, recorded track, and many more things, i sometimes do more than a hundred automation steps in a song. If done well, it´s certainly an improvement

[seamonkey]

The original track won't be touched
You're just sending a lower level to the bus for the mix out.
The original will still be there for touch up if you need it.

Using automation is what a DAW is all about. Automate, VST, etc. after the track, so you always have the original.