recorded too hot, fixable?

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hi im new to recording and mixing, and im working on a song and notice when putting meter analyzers on my tracks in cubase, all my recorded wav's are hitting red, and now im reading online that should record -6 to -12 db, which i didnt do. But lots of these wav's dont seem to have ne distortion on them so my question is would it be ok just lower the volumes of each the wav's a few db's till there under the red? which in turn i would need to higher the volume of the mixer channels some to get everything balanced again
or should i rerecord everything?
thnks
 
If there's no clipping, just lower the volume on the tracks. They may be clipping and you just can't hear it. Look at the wave forms - if they are all chopped off at top and bottom, you've got clipping and the sound has been affected.
 
And clipped or not -- If the input chain was overdriven (as it very likely was if your levels were that hot), PLUS you've clipped the signal digitally (whether audibly apparent or not), half the irreparable damage was done before the signal even hit (and clipped) the AD.

The "-12 to -6dBFS" thing (and personally, I'm much more of a "-18 to -12dBFS" thing, as I'm a whore for a lot of headroom) is to avoid analog distortion while not even being in the same ZIP code as digital distortion.

If you're bored -- And pay particular attention to the "Steak" analogy: Proper Audio Recording Levels | Rants, Articles | MASSIVE Mastering
 
cool, looks like ill rerecord everything then, getting rid of bad habits one at a time thnks to u guys :)
 
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