The amount of signal strength; the amplitude, especially the average amplitude.

Hi

I record my tracks where they all float around -20, -15dB. So I believe they are not too loud.
But when I put a Multi-Meter to my Master Channel at some places of the track it got above 0dB and turned red.
As far as know I don't have any channels going above 0dB. So why this can be happening?

Line Level

The level of a signal generated by a microphone. Generally ranging between 0.001 to 0.005 volts, to make it useful for recording, the signal requires a microphone preamplifier to bring the signal up to line level.

thank you for checking this threat out

I have a metalcore band and I'm a bit doubtful about the guitar volume levels and their distribution when recording metal...

The thing is one person said one guitar has to have a higher volume than the other guitar when doing rhytm, i.e. when both guitars are playing the same riff, so the sound doesnt get distorted...

Receiver squelch (muting) that is based on RF signal strength present at the receiver input. When the RF signal is considered high enough to output audio of acceptable quality, the receiver is un-muted.
(See Squelch)

Here's the problem: I can't seem to get my volume levels to the same levels as any other mix. I will be working with a mix, and when I have it where I think it should be I will load a song from my itunes to compare, and the volume will be very different (my mix usually being much quieter). Is there a standard volume that everyone aims for?

I've always been cautious about my track input levels being too hot and one of the things that I've done to guard against this is to automatically pull the faders down for ALL of my instrument tracks in Logic from "0.0" to "-0.6".

I'm guessing its all the same with the levels you want however, I thought to ask anyway or see what your thoughts are, results differences you see or what this topic invites in general with mixes coming from analog summing systems?

Dangerous 2-bus Levels prior to mastering recommendations?

Well, its been a while! Anyway, here's the deal. Went to record a drum track today. Its a 4 mic, Glynn Johns type setup as far as micing. A pair of AT2020's overhead, an AT4040 on kick, and an MD421 on snare. These are running into a Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer for pre's only, and out the sends on the Mackie into a Delta 44.