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Originally Posted by dkatz42  Put another way, the impact of normalizing is *exactly* the same (save for its permanence) as adding a submix fader in your DAW. |
Not entirely. Most DAWs run at 32 or 64 bit float internally. If you normalize (and save) you are back to 24 bits. (Unless you save as a 32 or 64 bit float file). Not *exactly* the same.
In ProTools it indeed makes no difference (as everything goes back to 24 bits before being handed over to the next step).
Alistair