Doug,

I'd leave a bit of headroom for the final mix. If you bring all tracks up to maximum, when you render them to the final mix, volumes are additive (although not linearly) and you could end up with distortion. If you plan on boosting them, I'd boost them to around -5 or -6 dB and render from there. This will allow you room to maneuver in the rendered output.

Regards,
Noel


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