On 01.10.2006, at 10:52, Pete Thomas wrote: > If you want to leave headroom the ideal amount would be the amount by > which you raise the level in mastering, so you either need a crystal > ball or you could master, save settings and then remix to allow for > the > exact amount. In case of external mastering: what for is the crystal ball? Although I like these analog devices ;-) why not just leave enough, 3 dB or more? I guess the mastering engineer has a volume fader and he can be told to make the piece loud or only increase dynamics or whatever is expected. ___ Peter Ostry