[Philthy]

I agree with what the others said- if it's not a rule but just a suggestion, hopefully a lot of people suggesting the same thing will become a rule! If the project is truly going to a mastering facility, don't squish the master fader with maxim.

On the other hand, if you want to give a client a CD to groove to before the project is mastered, it might be OK to throw maxim on. This depends on the client. You'll get clients who freak out because their pre-mastering mixes sound low compared to the Kid Rock CD. Burn them a CD with maxim cranked and patiently explain to them that they are f%&king stoopid. And send the mastering house a clean copy with some headroom. I would say let only the HIGHEST peaks approach -2 db... I usually try to have the average sum of the mix running at about -6 to -8 db. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]