| I have calibrated my monitoring systems so that a RMS level of -20dB Full Scale
(digital dB) gives a resulting Sound Pressure Level of 83dBSPL in the control room. I mix at several repeatable settings: 70dBSPL, 83dBSPL, and 90dBSPL. I make sure to check at all these levels because each one tells me different things about what I am hearing. When calibrated as such, the peak level in the DAW is around -10 to -6 dBFS. I know what each monitor position sounds like loudness wise so I never have to look at the master meter to check for clipping and all my mixes are pretty much consistently the same loudness: peak to average ratio.
This is essentially the Bob Katz K-System. |