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You all have passed me but I will use that Info as I learn it like when I am looking at a wave file too know it will probably be a take or not before I hear it It is what I am aiming at!! Speaking of ears. My mixes are are reduced in gain from what I am referencing too. I am shure it has much to do with mastering but on the other hand I went ahead and mixed my song with my master clipping some and my snare track cliping some so I could retain the fat monster snare! and It did not distort! It actually sounded just like my reference Almost, But that can't be good or is hearing believeing.
Maybe I can lower all the tracks so that my whatever track I need up is up and say the master gain should not exceed (???) please fill in the blanks! Then reimport the two stereo tracks to pt and boast somemore? or I quess thats what you do in mastering anyway is it not okay to clip like that even if it sounds good!