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Old 2nd July 2005   #20
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I didn't really have a question about that. Thanks for answering, though. I was more interested in the link from jdunn.

The lower level is to adjust for the discrepency in digital/analog gear and metering. A nice analog console has a nominal level of 0dBv but headroom up around 27dBv. Because there is nothing but square waves above 0 dBfs they had to set a standard for calibrating between the two scales.

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