On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 18:57 +1000, Fraser wrote:
>
> The amount of headroom between 0dB on the VU to digital 0dB is selectable from
> - -15dB to -3 dB. There is no right value for this, it really depends on the
> music, so just pick whatever value that causes the VU to spend most of it's time
> between +/- 3dB.
>
> (this stems from the fact that 0dB in the analogue world is the optimal level
> whereas 0dB in the digital world is the maximum level)
You may want to increase the range of that reference level calibration,
particularly as it applies to anything having a semi peak reading
response.
-16dbFS = +4dbu is not an uncommon place to run, and -20 is another
common alignment.
Regards, Dan.
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