Learning From a Pro

[Harley-OIART]

After Reading a Recent October 2005 Article in Mix Magazine covering tech. tips from the Great Andy Wallace, I along with I'm sure many others have gained a great deal on insight. Like others I am aware that creating a mix is at times mostly a phycological affair, and you have to really climb inside the song if you want to paint it the way it ought to be. My Real Question lies here :

I know that Andy Starts his mixes by listening to the song over and over with faders up.
He Finds a part of the song that is really rockin and he decides to start there, and in-turn get that part really rocking and typically the rest of the song starts to fall in place on its own following that.

He Actually begins his mix with the SSL Quad Buss Compressor engaged set @
4:1 Ratio , Automatic Release , and NO makeup Gain
Typically during a mix, he will push anywhere from -2.5 db <-> -4db of GR (Early Days) or -4db <--> -6db of GR (Modern)

My Question is, and I have read everywhere I can, Including any posts by the famous Steve Sisco (Andy's Long Time Assistant for those who do not already know)
......... Does ANYONE know what the THRESHOLD is set to on the Quad Buss Compressor while Andy Wallace Mixes these great songs and albums.

For Those Interested Here is a link of a couple details regarding Andy's technique posted by Steve Sisco on the DUC. http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.p...=&fpart=3&vc=1
and his Recent Article can be found here
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_andy_wallace/

Thank you very Much for your time, Any Response from the Pro's on here would be appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Scott Harloff