Recent content by snarepeaks

Hello, I am trying to get each track (guitars, bass, kick, snare, etc,.) at VU=0 with my peaks around -6dbFS to -12dbFS and RMS=-18. My question is with using a snare sample (SSD). I am first trimming the sample with Sonalksis Free G Stereo to try and reach VU=0 but my peaks are far too...