Head Room Logic

[matty_12]

Okay so a few questions im just gonna bullet point them:

Leave headroom for a final master, okay cool. So i leave around 2-6dB.
Then would it be best to master in the logic file or export then load the wav in a new file to save on cpu, or is there other benefits?
Well i had a little go at this, when i load back in the exported audio, the headroom i left 2dB in this tracks case, was no longer there, i tried normalising on and off the same happened, the level just hit 0db?
Maybe thats a dumb question but if you dont know you dont ask
Before exporting the only thing on the master channel was an analyser

[bouncingfish]

No idea...

[bkwsk]

Okay so a few questions im just gonna bullet point them:

Leave headroom for a final master, okay cool. So i leave around 2-6dB.
Then would it be best to master in the logic file or export then load the wav in a new file to save on cpu, or is there other benefits?
Well i had a little go at this, when i load back in the exported audio, the headroom i left 2dB in this tracks case, was no longer there, i tried normalising on and off the same happened, the level just hit 0db?
Maybe thats a dumb question but if you dont know you dont ask
Before exporting the only thing on the master channel was an analyser

1. Check the master level fader on your composing/mixing project.
2. Don't ever normalise when going into mastering if you want the headroom.
3. I don't know what 2-6dBs of headroom mix, but if you have frequent peaks occurring at -2dBs then you probably won't have enough headroom.