Mix levels on some tracks

I've set up a preliminary template ... I have separate tracks for drum types (kick, snare, etc.) -- I've loaded loops into those tracks & cut them apart ... but I notice on some of the tracks, no matter how low I set the level in the mixer, it's above the "zero" (in the red) .. even if I back it down to being inaudible. .... I'm missing some detail about the channel strip detail but I can't figure out what. (It does not seem to push the master track into the red, so I wonder what's going on).
Help if you an - thanks in advance

Voltrocks wrote:
and the levels reflect that (now the stuff isn't clipping, for instance).
Well, if Pre Fader Metering said stuff was clipping, and now you've switched to Post Fader Metering, that same stuff could still be clipping.
The best way to work is using Pre Fader metering as it allows you to see if the plugins you're running on a channel are causing clipping before the actions of the fader. For example.
If in Pre Fader metering, the channel is reading a peak value of -3dB, then you know that as long as you don't push that fader up by 3dB or more, you're not going to get clipping at any point.
If you are in Post Fader metering and the peak value reads -3dB, but your fader is set to -4dB then you're likely to be getting clipping BEFORE the fader, at the output of the plugins.
There is always a lot of debate around this concept as a lot of people will say that a digital mixer like this has so much headroom that you're unlikely to get audible clipping at any stage. Personally I say, use Pre Fader metering so you CAN see what's going on before the fader as what goes on after it is very easy to keep an eye on too. It's just a far safer way of working and should keep down your chances of creating distortion while mixing. Just learn what it means.

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