Grins..In that case then "peaks less than 0" is all that really matters. These interfaces usually have low enough noise floor and are clean enough right up to digital clipping that you can pretty much set your levels anywhere you damn well please. I very often just leave the gain knobs all the way down and go. Then I know there won't be any clipping, and I can and will adjust things later down the line.
'Live --HD24 my band. No time to 'ride/worry levels, just 'shoot on the low side to avoid fuking oop.
Home, Shit. I need +20 - 30 gain processing on most of them for the mix. Huh.
Hmm. No one 'died. On with the show