[wolfskin]

Thanks Chris for your very insightful response.

This question really just came about in a discussion with a client last week. I guess the idea I was trying to convey is that within the digital domain, it's much more important to limit the peaks below 0dB to avoid clipping, whereas in the old analog world, a hot signal was key to eliminate / minimize noise (while occasionaly bouncing 'in the red' was acceptable, and sometimes even desireable).

This naturally led me to consider exactly what information the meters within PT are relaying to me, and what advantage, if any, is inherent with a 'hotter' signal. Hence, when I found the "...-14dB of headroom below 0dB..." blurb in the manual, it became clear to me that a 'cooler' signal level may in fact be more practical (and sound just as good).

I guess it's just never occured to me just how big of a window we have for a signal in the PT world...

Thanks again...