Many years ago I posted something similar on the old Syntrillium Forums. Here it is.
Something you are missing, except Bob at this point, is that "0" on a digital meter is IT."0" on a pro console still has 26dB of headroom left before clipping.Thus the theory of mixing at around -12bB or less.


John
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