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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Mirtschin" data-source="post: 74349" data-attributes="member: 1972">Re: -18/20 dbfs quandry.I&#039;m in holiday mode at the moment, so excuse any vagueness. Yes, CDs are peaking at a bee&#039;s-dick under 0dBFS, but that is a final product. There is no part of the signal-path that will add more signal to a CD.Metering to -15 to -18dBFS is usually done on a per-channel basis,&nbsp; allowing the signal to be summed with the rest of the channels, and still giving you room to move before the signal exits the digital realm. You can run hotter per channel, and hotter overall if you wish, but that leaves you with less headroom, which can cause issues further down the track... usually when an artist suddenly finds a bit more energy and starts playing/singing louder.In the studio, you can run as hot as you want - if you find the signal clipping, you can take a step back and undo it, but live doesn&#039;t tend to have that ability; once you clip, you clip. Now back to holiday-mode. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Mirtschin, post: 74349, member: 1972"] Re: -18/20 dbfs quandry. I'm in holiday mode at the moment, so excuse any vagueness. Yes, CDs are peaking at a bee's-dick under 0dBFS, but that is a final product. There is no part of the signal-path that will add more signal to a CD. Metering to -15 to -18dBFS is usually done on a per-channel basis, allowing the signal to be summed with the rest of the channels, and still giving you room to move before the signal exits the digital realm. You can run hotter per channel, and hotter overall if you wish, but that leaves you with less headroom, which can cause issues further down the track... usually when an artist suddenly finds a bit more energy and starts playing/singing louder. In the studio, you can run as hot as you want - if you find the signal clipping, you can take a step back and undo it, but live doesn't tend to have that ability; once you clip, you clip. Now back to holiday-mode. :) [/QUOTE]

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