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WHere are your peaks?

I've been wondering lately if I should be leaving more headroom while tracking and mixing both. I use Cubase 4 and I usually try to record with my console input meters hitting about -6db just because I heard that somewhere. However, I find myself maxing out the mix pretty quick when adding more tracks and whatnot. Any general guidelines that I should know about?

Why am I getting Negitave Peaks?

I am curious to know what actually causes negitave peaks in a waveform. I seem to get heavy negitave peaks when i used a few certain distorted synths. My ears don't seem to be hearing whats causing it. I really like the sound of the synth so am reluctant to change it. I presume these peaks will cause problems to the mastering of the tracks as the wave will look very unbalanced.