Also- dogman
do mean highlighting it all and bringing it down a few db. Is that different to just bringing the master down? why?
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In the master, all the levels are already up, I assume. If you start with all the levels down a bit, maybe no higher than -3db, maybe even lower, It will still get loud when mixed together. You may have to bring things down more than -3, that is just a number to start at. If you have avery single track near 0, and then combine them, everything gets convoluted as the sounds fight for space. You will have to experiment, and listen as you mix the individual tracks, so you get vocals and such where you want them in the mix, but sometimes it requires bringing other tracks down in volume, not always raising the volume. Just gives you headroom to use.
Hope that explains it a little more clearly, if not, ask again, and I, or someone else will try and help.
Ed