Focusrite has gotten back (they are responding here to the same email as Apogee and RME, posted above). Same story:
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Originally Posted by Focusrite
The -18dBFS is usually recommended as this is mathmatically the same as 0VU in an analog environment. Turning up signals louder than this is thus louder than you usually would use.
However the sound characteristics of the unit should remain the same at all levels, unless clipping, just louder or softer.
While -18dBFS is a good goal for an incoming signal may people do louder or softer as needed. That levels just leaves good headroom for later signal amplification, such as compression, mixing and mastering techniques.
If bringing in audio you are not going to alter, such as from a vinyl record, the level you suggest, -0.5 or so with no clipping ever occurring, should work fine, just don't clip!
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