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Old 27th March 2008   #91
sanddigger1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lupo View Post
Red hot chili peppers, dani california (single), track 1: OVERLOAD in regular metering(set to indicate this at 1 sample over), +0.8 and +0.9 in oversampled metering
how is it possible ?

I recently found a CD with approx +0.8dB peak level (and not occasionnally). (I need to digitally reduce it by -0.8 to have it stop overloading)

I do not understand how something can go over the last available bit. Can somebody explain ?
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