Using master faders effectively

By far, one of the least understood aspects of the Pro Tools mixer is the…Master Fader track.…Many just assume it's a master volume control. Although it does affect the final level…of a summing point or output pair, understanding this track's function is…critical in creating a mix that does not clip your converters, while at the same…time uses as much of the 24-bit output resolution as possible.…The easiest way to take advantage of a Master Fader in your mix is create a…stereo master fader. I put mine at the side here. And point its output to…your master bus.…

In this case, I'm sub-mixing everything to mix bus here.…If you weren't doing a sub-mix to an aux track or an audio track, you could just…set the master fader to the default output one and two, and what that's going to…give you, it's going to give you a master output control.…So that instead of having to adjust individual levels in your mix if all the…tracks are adding together to something that exceeds 24-bit or exceeds the…0dBFS clipping point.…