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Old 3rd August 2008   #5
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Originally Posted by theblue1 View Post
If you don't actually have digital clipping in your signal, you're likely fine and did no harm to your project. Even if you have some clipping (sustained 0 dBfs samples in a row) you might not be in bad shape.
With many converters, including RME, you will do wisely to keep below -3 dBFS in the ADC.

Lowering your faders after recording will have no effect on this, and is not the solution in this case. However, do mind your levels inside Logic too.

See this thread also
Does tracking hot improve presence??
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