I'm not going to go through and talk about any indiidual post in this thread, because people are going to claim that I'm picking on them.

But for anyone reading, I wouldn't take any of the advice in this thread, because 80% of it is plain wrong, especially any mention of clipping, analogue vs digital, how EQs work, etc.

There are other threads on here about DAW meter resolution, inter sample peaks, etc. And I don't think there's any need to reprise that debate.

For what its worth, the finding that EQing with sharp slopes actually increases the level is not unusual or an anomaly. If I remember right, it occurs because of phase shift which is generated by all EQs (except linear phase ones) which cause reflections further on up the frequency spectrum. This effect is particularly noticable lower down the spectrum if I remember right. So doing any really vicious EQ work with any equaliser low down the spectrum will cause a lot of phase shift, and thus a lot of resonance, and thus an increase in level.

I'm don't design EQs for a living, so I recommend that anyone who's actually interested do some more research and get the facts. But the facts certainly aren't to be found here.

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