0dBFS (Sound Forge 4.5)

[mark4man]

What exactly is the voltage representation for Full Scale in Sound Forge 4.5?

I routinely mixdown several audio tracks (in Cakewalk Pro Audio 9) to .wav format. When I open those .wav files in Sound Forge 4.5, peaks are sawed off at several points in the song...yet there is no clipping! Without altering the file, I can convert to RealAudio or .mp3; & upload to my site; or burn the .wav to CD. In every case, the file conversions & audio CD's have never clipped! (as in "audible" clipping.)

Is there some sort of auto setting I have missed? Is there a generous amount of headroom built in? Is "0" purposely scaled back?

Thanks in advance.

mark4man