Luce I think you get most of the so called "comercial volume" out of the waves api 2500.
I can push this baby so hot and it also doesnt clip.
But I always put a L2 behind it in the mastering chain, just to make shure
But I realy like your productions very much!!!
They always sounding amazingly pro and like 30.000$+ ...haha
But one question:
When I use alot of waves hardware emulations in the mastering chain I sometimes hear some little cracking noise. When I turn of the analog switch in the plugins it is gone, but also alot of the color.
Do you also have that?
I was pushing my mix up to -8rms
With the waves SSL-comp
V-series eq
waves Api 2500
L2+ (with only -1dB and -0.3)
cheers man I LOVE ALL OF YOUR DRUMSOUNDS!!!!