hello, i find that it is better to mix, at lower levels and bump every thing up durring mastering. with the unrelyable meaders in sonar so i know i'm not clipping. there are lots of plug ins to bump the volume up durring mastering and you dont hav to worry about a track clipping. Shawn Brock Cincinnati Sound Lab 130 East Sixth Street Cincinnati Oh. 45202 Phone: 513-349-8541 Web Site: www.cincysoundlab.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 4:04 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio This is happening because some of your tracks that are feeding your master are too high. Always keep in mind that peak levels are cumulative. When you start stacking up a lot of tracks, even though individually their levels might be all right, together they will mount up. Many times I find myself going through all my audio tracks and just dropping each one down by around 5 db or so. The name of the game when mixing is head room, it will go a long way toward giving your mixes the space they need. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Farrow To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Mixing down audio Hi: I need to mix down audio that is going to the master buss, the master bus is set at a output level of -6.0 Db. When I mix the audio down, the audio level comes out at -0.2 Db. Why is this? Can somebody tell me how to mix the audio down keeping the output level the same. I am using sonar 4 producer. Cheers Sean.