bouldersoundguy
Well-known member
Hey! Someone had to.
Seriously, Ive been reading all the posts. Thanks for the responses one and all. I cant help but thinking I'm not alone in wanting to find out these secrets of the universe.
All theses different DB scales are starting to drive me nuts. LOL Im starting to think that dbfs really stand for "DB fer fucks sake". I have an analog Durrough Loudness meter that measures average and peaks That's cool and easy. But some daw scales aren't making sense yet.
I'm coming from a world with simple rules, don't go over zero.
It was mentioned that bass freq being too much contributes to a lower in volume mix.......If that's the case, how the hell do you explain Hip Hop and EDM???
On a more specific note, what DB scale does Protools use?
For simple level in digital audio it's dBFS. Zero dBFS is the highest number so everything else is some amount below that.
Analog metering is more about the sweet spot between the noise floor and distortion. In analog the 0 is your target rather than an absolute ceiling as in digital. Most converters relate -18dBFS to 0dBVU.
When dealing with dynamics and loudness RMS, LUFS, crest factor etc. are different ways to measure.