in fact of some people still tend to record " as hot as possible " [ whyever that is by the way ]
we all love the mighty " TRIM " plug in protools .
so you just use it in the first insert slot and you are still able to take a look at the pt mixer without the wish to jump out of the window .
yeah right , the trim tools just able to lower the signal by +- 6db ( 4am ... i hope thats right
? ) you are still in hell if the converters set to boost +18db .
i would simply just recalibrate the outs of the interfaces . if ur not itb , you dont need em anyway for inserts etc. for mastering etc you can still use the hedd .
if ur able to educate ur clients just teach em what you wanna have that would be the easiest way , if thats IMPOSSIBLE ( as usual ) u could just rerecord using f.ex some aes cables and set the levels you wanna have ? <-- kinda stupid
for recording i would stick to as much headroom as possible -18
some sounds like a snare can easily peak like 14db . for the fact that we dont want to have some digital distortion lets keep some headroom . some pres etc tend to be really " hot " so headroom can be an cool idea .
some people like to chase the " mighty 24 bits " ... i leave some hr and can easily sleep when i know i just captured 22,8574853405394587
good luck & lets see what the others say
" what do i know ? "