Are you looking for the peak hold pref. look in the preferences and set peak hold on. Is that what your asking for?

I record and mix music, this would be just as relevant and usefull to me. Nice idea.

I record and mix music, this would be just as relevant and usefull to me. Nice idea.

FWIW, I usually set the input gain down a few db (depending) as the factory default. Helps a lot. dc

That is what I do as well when working with these kind of situations.