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OK I see what you are all saying. So, if my drum track is currently peaking at -12dB it doesn't really matter and normalise won't make it any better...?



Ok, what do you mean by "any better"? "Normalizing" will not make your track's sound quality better. If by better, you mean louder, yes, it will make it sound louder by user specified amount. To clear any confusion, I was refering to pro applications. If you're just trying to gain up a drum track, so you could rehearse better or have fun with it, you could do anything you want. In fact that could be a fast lazy way of doing it. Just normalize it, and everything would seem louder with a touch.