Thanks, Dave. Your attachment is a meter I can more easily relate to. I can see both in there: the numbers I'm used to seeing, and the colored areas for the actual useful/safe levels. I can live with a meter like that.
Happy to oblige mate but like I said, signal will/should never go above zero!
Dave.
Happy to oblige mate but like I said, signal will/should never go above zero!
Dave.
Dave's replied better than I could have.
I don't know what scales or reference points are being used; All I would have said is that 0db on the DAWs meters = the maximum signal that can be processed.
Attempting to exceed that just clips your audio peaks off - flat.
It's not like analog distortion where you can push it for flavour - It's a line at which your signal gets wrecked.
It all has to do with mathematics... I was so bright as a child that my Father would call me son.
Now, you know that's funny.
Generally speaking: 0dBVU = +6dBu = -18dBFS. In the analog world you (usually) aimed for 0dB on the meter. In digital you (usually) aim for -18.
Exception 1: Mackie mixers had meters calibrated for 0dBVU = 0dBu instead of the usual 0dBVU = +6dBu. If you have read your manual you would know that and compensate.
Exception 2: Some converters translate +6dBu to something different than -18dBFS. Usually it's still between -16dBFS and -20dBFS. A couple of dB either way won't matter.
Generally speaking: 0dBVU = +6dBu = -18dBFS....
Reapers internal loudness analyzer is off by -3dbs using the SWS Extension. Do you have any incite on why this is?
I went through this confusion a few years ago when Sound Forge measured different levels from the TT DR meter.
I would like to add that the mic's interface input gain is lower than I used before, yet this mic does pick up the littlest noises. This time around, those noises were all coming from me moving in my chair, and the A/C I didn't bother to turn off. I'm making progress, thanks to all of you who have commented.
I will be interested to hear your noise floor with the AC off! As it stands you have a noise floor of -35dBFS!
But (with apologies to Bob Newheart!) Too LOUD man! That clip is averaging around -9dBFS with a max of just -1.4dBFS. This is NOT tape recording son! Pull the average level back to -18dB or so, max should hit no higher than -8ish.
Tip: "Dull acoustic guitar" ? When you have trapped the ***t out of the room it can be a bit dull. For ACG lay a sheet of 'Hardboard' 8'x4' down and sit in the middle of it. The HF 'bounce' off the floor brightens up guitar a treat.
Dave.