Peaking Master

Why not bring it up with a limiter to the same rms as the rest of the album?

For me, I never accept any known clips as it is a slippery slope.

It may just as easy to do a little volume automation to handle occasional peak problems. It should be possible to zoom it and make very accurate and subtle adjustments to keep it out of the red. A good limiter is an essential piece of gear though.

phrygiann, Good comment.  I (dumbly) did not think of that.
 
Still curious if you guys think a quick red dot is always fatal.

If it clipped during the mastering, then there is no reason to remix it as a better mastering of the song would have fixed it. It looks to me as your using the term "masteirng" very loosely,as if it was mastered, it would not be clipping and it would be on the level of other songs in that genre.
 
FYI: Boost 11 is not a good tool for this. Its very harsh and you have no control over the attack, ratio and release times and these settings are very important if you want to keep the punch and dynamics of the song.
 
CJ

Being it the red from time to time is nothing to get worried about. The only thing is don't let it clip.
 
If you see it peak once in awhile in the red all that means is its using most of the available bits. Thats is not a bad thing.  

I guess you are talking about a premastered mix. I say don't sweat it at all, it is not worth it. If you cannot hear it then it is not important. You are being influenced by what you see rather than by what you hear and that can be a mistake. It is certainly not worth remixing to a lower level just for the sake of one or two peaks here and there. Then you end up with a mix that is overall lower and you will have to pull the whole mix up further in mastering.
 
I might be using a K-14 reference for example and have a great mix with great pre mastered level but there may be one or two peaks for whatever reason. If you cannot hear them then leave it alone. In mastering those peaks are going to be shaved off anyway by the limiter. Sometimes I open the premastered mix inside an editor and limit the whole track to say -1 db and 99.9 % of the mix wont be touched except for a few clips here and there and they get limited to -1dB. It is more of a visual thing then for peace of mind.
 
You must stop using Boost 11, it is the worst limiter on the planet. To my ears it actually degrades the sound of a mix.

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Good stuff, guys.  To be clear, this was not mastering, just mixing and watching the Master bus.  Also, the red was a fraction of a fraction of a second: something you would never see on a VU meter.
 
I will pick up Ozone.
 
And I have fixed the mix: this was more of an opportunity to see what you guys think.
 
Thanks.