Thanks for the replies guys.
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Originally Posted by Ben F  Instead of lowering the fader, just a put a limiter on the fader causing the peak. |
Usually it's the combination of a lot of channels making the master clip so that is not really an option.
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Bob, i understand what you're saying but i think i wasn't clear about what i wrote. I didn't suggest using the limiter to maximize the mix, i'll leave that for the ME. What i meant was that otherwise the mix will be good, all the levels perfect but there will be an occasional instance where lots of elements combined might clip the master by a tiny amount. So the question was whether it was a good idea to catch this transient in the mix by setting the output of a limiter to 0.02, so that it doesn't do any limiting but catches this transient. As this transient is only at one or two places in the track, essentially all the limiter would be doing is reducing these peaks. However now i realize that even if it is only doing that it might still be adding color to the track so it's better to fix the mix by lowering it instead.
Anyway, i usually mix by routing all my channels into groups, so if at any time the mix is too hot i just lower all the group channels instead of having to select all the channels in the mixer & lowering them.
You suggest lowering the master fader in case of any overs. Wouldn't this mean i'm losing some quality? I normally try to leave the master channel at 0db & adjust the channels instead. Sorry for the newbie questions.