[JonnyGinese]

Bilco... if you are recording live.. and you arne't using the mix for audible monitoring... Just set the levels on the inputs so that they won't go into the red... even if they are only half signal... and then record them.. and use the plugins later to get them to the volumes you want. Aslongas you have a good clean signal it won't make a difference.. since its digital. I used to worry abotu getting my levels almost to peaking... i even had outboard limiters on all the inputs so taht it woudl never peak.. but i did get some squashing sound some times... Best way to do it is to make the level coming in at a point where it will never peak... and ten jsut raise it later with effects.

Jonny