virus and preamps?

[grs]

Originally Posted by Wandering Kid

well i made a virus trance lead and posted it in the sound design forum. on the right channel its peaking about -0.2dB in soundforge. it cant go any higher with more post processing (ill try a limiter on it after this post and see what'll happen). that virus lead is alot quieter than the stuff i normally put out (cave of orchids for example which comes on about twice and loud and isnt clipping in soundforge or the master channel in fl studio)

How can you get a signal twice as loud as one that hits -0.2dB?