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<blockquote data-quote="Art Welter" data-source="post: 211798" data-attributes="member: 52"><p>Most mixers have VU (volume unit) meters that could give you a visual indication of level, a variation of 10 dB will generally sound twice or half as loud.</p><p>That said, our ears are less sensitive to low frequencies and most sensitive to frequencies in the 4000 Hz range, so the frequency content of the sound can make a mid-oriented sound seem much louder than it's VU level would indicate.</p><p>Listening to your sounds on headphones with something like talk radio going on in the background to compare level to will help arrive at a balance, though the VU meter will get you in the "ballpark" for most sounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Art Welter, post: 211798, member: 52"] Most mixers have VU (volume unit) meters that could give you a visual indication of level, a variation of 10 dB will generally sound twice or half as loud. That said, our ears are less sensitive to low frequencies and most sensitive to frequencies in the 4000 Hz range, so the frequency content of the sound can make a mid-oriented sound seem much louder than it's VU level would indicate. Listening to your sounds on headphones with something like talk radio going on in the background to compare level to will help arrive at a balance, though the VU meter will get you in the "ballpark" for most sounds. [/QUOTE]
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