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Originally Posted by Codeseven
‘most Plugins expect -18dBs’ rumor?
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Telephone game...
If you have no idea what kind of peaks might happen in an input source, setting the input gain for a -18db rms level will usually result in no surprise peaks clipping. It's a guess! An educated guess that usually results in not accidentally clipping. The aim is still to not clip the input.
Now, some plugins that simulate analog distortions may do that very thing with a signal hitting above -18db rms! This is a thing. It's by design in that case. Most plugins that aren't analog distortion simulators will work at any level.