Waltz Mastering
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I've never been a big metering kind of guy, but I am trying to get a understanding of the popularity of two specific kinds of meters used to measure rms as an idea of who uses which and on what daw or platform.
Some meters use the AES17-1998 standard - where a sine wave is used for calibration.
Some daws incorporate standard meters that use a square wave used for the calibration instead, where the the reading will be 3dB lower than the AES 17 calibrated counterpart.
Do you know which one you use when reading rms levels? Which one is it?
Name of meter and daw?
Some meters use the AES17-1998 standard - where a sine wave is used for calibration.
Some daws incorporate standard meters that use a square wave used for the calibration instead, where the the reading will be 3dB lower than the AES 17 calibrated counterpart.
Do you know which one you use when reading rms levels? Which one is it?
Name of meter and daw?
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