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right.
also, if i am cal'd to -18 and i run my signal just up to 0, then i got drive my mic-pre harder to get there. across a mix, that harmonic distortion from the analog side adds up, and doesn't always sound pleasant. with the advent of DAW's bad practice became easy.
and you are right some of it has to do with very poor metering in the DAW. PT's meters are almost worthless. the new Inspector XL meters are not bad and include the K-sytem - K-20, K-14 & K-12, which i use on LE rig, or sometimes just the RMS or Peak metering.
and part of it is many don't understand what happens to their analog chain with those hot levels.
the other issue with hot levels, is when you modulate your digits to 0dBr (sample value) your signal into the plug-ins are difficult to reconstruct properly. plug-ins don't like HOT inputs either. and many times, those inserts we use are pre-fader.
there are so many reasons not to print overly hot levels. calibrate your system and your room right, and this all makes sense. then you can crank up he levels at the end and it is so much more open and less distorted and loud than if you slam from the beginning to end.
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