This is happening because some of your tracks that are feeding your master are too high. Always keep in mind that peak levels are cumulative. When you start stacking up a lot of tracks, even though individually their levels might be all right, together they will mount up. Many times I find myself going through all my audio tracks and just dropping each one down by around 5 db or so. The name of the game when mixing is head room, it will go a long way toward giving your mixes the space they need. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Farrow To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Mixing down audio Hi: I need to mix down audio that is going to the master buss, the master bus is set at a output level of -6.0 Db. When I mix the audio down, the audio level comes out at -0.2 Db. Why is this? Can somebody tell me how to mix the audio down keeping the output level the same. I am using sonar 4 producer. Cheers Sean.