Is it OK to clip audio if just going to an Aux track?

Hi there
I have a project where the drums are recorded on 5 tracks (kick/snare/hat/overheads).
There's no clipping in the recording, but they sound a bit lifeless so I'm using EQ, nosie gate and lots of compression on the kick, snare & hat. This pushes the level meters for each track way into the red. (6.0+).
But, the output to these tracks is a "Drum Chamber" Aux Channel (via Bus 1) which has a mild "space designer" effect, followed by an adaptive limiter which stops the clipping from the output to the Aux track.
I've think got the sound I wanted. But should I be worried that the individual tracks are clipping, even though the original recordings and the final output aren't?
Cheers
SL

Well + 6dB is far too hot imo. On the other hand if you like the sound like it is, then why turn it down. Anyway I would never mix like that - depending on the speakers and especially after compressing to low quality mp3 the now inaudible artefacts produced by the heavy clipping could suddenly become audible and nasty sounding.
Why don't you at least insert a limiter set to -0.3 dB after the signal chain before the signal hits the Aux channel. You can bring up the fader again after that.
The smoothing of the drum chamber disguises the clipping of course, so bypass the reverb and see how the drums sounds dry.
Also use the pre fader metering when mixing. It helps keeping levels under control.

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