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In deference to Charles, I waited for him to post before I chimed in on this.
That having been stated...
Mixing out to an analog console would seem to wipe out any benefit one would get from maximizing "resolution" in recording hot levels in PT.
IOW: This issue is moot.
Now, to overstate the obvious:
One does not want to record TOO hot in PT. Clipping is bad in the digital realm. Don't clip, and be conservative in that regard. Keep those levels well below zero. Meter ballistics vary from system to system, so you don't always know if you're clipping if you're riding the levels really close to clipping in digital.
Sorry if this seems too obvious, but I'm posting with the assumption that lurkers are reading. Digital is not like analog, not at all. Digital doesn't compress the highs as you approach saturation level; on the contrary. There is no "saturation level" in digital. The audio is clean, or it's clipped - and if it's clipped, it's nasty in a totally uncool way.
Why anyone would want to mix out of PT to an analog console is beyond me, but that's the subject of another as-yet unposted thread.
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