Arny Krueger wrote:
"joe h" wrote in message
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I've been doing some recordings for web/podcast work. Nothing too
serious yet. Just practicing to get the hang of it.
I've been editing the audio files so that they max peak around
-3dbfs. I know some rock bands try for -0.1dbfs. But that seems kind
of extreme. I'm doing some mild compression, but definitely not
trying to win the loudness wars.
I could easily go -1 or -2dbfs instead of -3dbfs. Just not sure what
makes the most sense for a "sensible internet peak signal level" for
spoken word stuff.
I use -1 dB FS, based on a large number of tests of digital gear of all
kinds. While some converters are very clean right up to -0.01 dB FS, a lot
of them crap out a little bit earlier.
That works well, IME.
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