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Originally Posted by ts1234
Thanks. I may have posed my question wrong.
Usually meters have a bulb like image often in the top right comer of the meter that sometimes turns and stays red.
This may never come on even if the meter needle is constantly in the red and sometimes actually pegged.
As long as that bulb doesn't light...is it considered bad for needles to be in the red a majority of the time?
I'm guessing it's "it's depends on something" type of thing and varies so just looking for very general answer.
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I'm taking the guess that what you're talking about is plugin interface meters, as you mention "needles" and "bulbs". Not the track meters of the PT mixer window.
A typical compressor or channelstrip plugin will have a meter that can show the value that you set it to; input level, output level, or gain reduction (amount of compression). This lets you control how the plugin behaves, and most plugins today behaves differently at different levels, to mimic the sound of analog gear. And we know that "pushing into red" is a thing with analog. Same with these plugins. If you like what you hear, doesn't matter if the needle bangs against the wall.
Regarding the meters in the PT mixer, with todays 24/32 bits mixer it doesn't matter much if some red lights come flashing now and then. Just keep your master tracks in the green/yellow.