Re: [LAU] master levels

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 23:40:45 -0600, Brent Busby wrote:
> In digital, they say mix to about -3 or -4db.

"RMS: For the case in which the RMS value of a full-scale square wave is
designated 0 dBFS, all possible dBFS measurements are negative numbers.
A sine wave could not exist at a larger RMS value than −3 dBFS without
clipping, by this convention." -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBFS#RMS_levels

I can't say anything about CD quality and the need to use a margin as
close as possible to 0 dBFS, but for DAT quality there is no
need to be close to 0 dBFS, OTOH it also doesn't cause audible issues,
if you master up to 0.5 dBFS. Headroom doesn't harm, OTOH if a demo
recording isn't as loud as other demo recordings are, this might be a
disadvantage, since not everybody knows how to use an amp's volume
control.
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Received on Mon Feb 2 16:15:02 2015