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I have a recording with drums, r. git, lead git, and bass.
When I solo each trick it sounds fine. No clipping. BUT when I mixdown there is ample clipping.
So...I turned down the level of each individual track by the same amout and the clipping was gone.

I then took a very similar song to what I was doing(A Perfect Circle's "The Hollow") and compared the two.

Mine and APC's waveform looked almost identical in dynamic range and level, but APC's sounded much "stronger". It was louder and overall more "umph" to it.

How do I achaive that? And dont say compress. I've done that.
 
well, maybe you should consider multiband compression???

It'll change the sound a little, but if you bass is stronger than your treble, then it might smooth it out a little.

maybe try a limiter?, that way you could turn it up and not have it go over a certain level.

Just an idea.

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What do you mean by their waveforms look very similar? Do they just peak at the same places or do they look equally as "dense?" Try zooming in a little ways and you should see that APC's waveform is at your peak level much more often. This means that their average volume level is higher. To achieve this volume level you need to make sure that you have a good mix and certain frequencies are not overbearing and consistently causing your peak level. In addition to using compression, you can use a limiter. I assume you are doing this on the computer, so I would suggest using Steinberg's Volume Maximizer from their ME DirectX Plugins. This is a compressor and limiter all in one.
 
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