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First of all, thanks for all of the replies! This has been very helpful.
A few people mentioned that there are many other topics regarding this subject. All I could find was hot vs. cold, bit resolution, gain staging, etc. Similar to my thought, but I was curious about tracking towards a mix in-particular. I do apologize if I missed a thread on that.
Regarding gain staging and optimal use of the analog front end ... I'm not so curious about the gain staging of the analog front end. I assume that those who track towards a mix still use their analog front end (preamps, compressors, eq's) are their optimal gain staging, and then use their tracking fader (or some other form of attenuation at the end of the chain) to balance out their tracks to tape/ProTools.
Also, the intention would not be to have your mix complete with the faders in a line, and if a fader had to be raised then all hell would break loose .. but rather a "nice general" balance is had with the faders in a line.
Personally, I've never tracked this way. I probably won't until I have some time to try it on something other than a paying client to see how it goes. However, I do like the idea of putting all the faders in a line and hearing a nice blend.
Continue to debate! Good information all around ...
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