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RideTheCrash said:
dbFS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBFS
dbVU: http://arts.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-06/teces_06.html
dbFS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBFS
dbVU: http://arts.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-06/teces_06.html
Farview
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VU= volume units
FS= Full Scale
A VU meter isn't just a thing with a needle. It is a meter with particular balistics. (how fast the meter reacts to signal) The VU scale is always centered around line level. No mater whether line level is +4 or -10, the VU meters zero point will be that level
Peak meters are very fast and are scaled in negative numbers. There is no digital signal above 0dbfs, so there is no need to have positive numbers. 0dbFS is the abosolute limit to the level of signal that can be expressed digitally.
Line level (the level every piece of equipment was designed to run at) = 0dbVU = -20dbFS.
It is a little more complicated than that, but these are the basics
FS= Full Scale
A VU meter isn't just a thing with a needle. It is a meter with particular balistics. (how fast the meter reacts to signal) The VU scale is always centered around line level. No mater whether line level is +4 or -10, the VU meters zero point will be that level
Peak meters are very fast and are scaled in negative numbers. There is no digital signal above 0dbfs, so there is no need to have positive numbers. 0dbFS is the abosolute limit to the level of signal that can be expressed digitally.
Line level (the level every piece of equipment was designed to run at) = 0dbVU = -20dbFS.
It is a little more complicated than that, but these are the basics
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StephenGiles
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I think you will get considerably better recordings by not using stupid jargon that nobody can understand. 
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Anybody who doesn't understand that particular jargon has no business recording anything and then asking why it "doesn't sound pro" in the first place.
Farview
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You don't have to know what the jargon means, you just have to realize the relationship between the meters on analog equipment versus digital equipment. It's just like not confusing the type of connectors on a cable with the type of signal it carries. These are just really fundamental things that everyone needs to know.StephenGiles said:I think you will get considerably better recordings by not using stupid jargon that nobody can understand.