User`s guide

Chapter 20: Advanced Mixing 285
could lower the Master Fader to reduce
your output level, but any clipping at the
input stage would not be indicated.
If reducing the output level has no effect
on clipping, it could be occurring in one of
the following places:
◆ At the input summing stage. To prevent
clipping at the input stage, trim the input
summing levels.
◆ At an insert on the Master Fader. If you
are using a Plug-In on the Master Fader, its
meters show the levels on the Insert. To
prevent clipping at the Insert, trim levels
on any Plug-Ins or Hardware Inserts on the
Master Fader.
Trimming Input Summing Levels
With many inputs that contain hi-level sig-
nals, it is possible to clip the input sum-
ming stage of the 16-bit Optimized Mixer.
(This is less likely to happen on the 24-bit
Optimized Mixer because of its much
greater available headroom.)
To reduce the levels going into the input
summing stage of the Mixer Plug-In, lower
the fader levels of all track faders using the
All Mix/Edit group. If you are using mix au-
tomation, you will need to use Automation
Trim mode or the Trim tool to lower the
overall volume of all tracks until the levels
are low enough to not overload the Master
Faders.