Hi!! i have some questions that i find really hard to get any good answers to :( people tell me different things all the time.... I thought that i maybe once and for all could put all this aside :) please please comment if you have any answers!! 1. Should i lower the track faders or the master fader when the master is clipping? Ive heard both on this actually so now im a bit confused :) ...or should the master always be at 0db no matter what? does it really matter if the master fader is at -5db when the mixing is done? ( the input of the master channel is of course clipping now)... One guy told me that this would infect all of the inserts on the master as well as the limiter.....one other told me that it dont! 2. Lets say that i have the master fader at -5db and then add a limiter to the track with a ceiling of 0db, then the master would be at -5db at the end, and if i then increase the master fader to 0db then i have the same volume as if i had the master at 0db all the time......is this the wrong way to do? 3. and which of these methods are best when i should dither a song? does it matter? one guy told me that the master should always be at 0db when i should dither...(at least if i used a 3rd party dither) 4. How high should the input be on the master track before i add the limiter? could it be way below 0db? 5. How important is it to achive the most gain possible from my softsynths? there are different opinions here also im afraid :( some people say that it doesnt matter at all and others tell me to get as much as i can until the track VU almost clip..... 6. Should the master track NEVER clip no matter what? can this damage my card? Thanks Fredrik