Tag: LEVEL AND LOUDNESS
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Critical Scale
– Beside Linear and Octave Scales, Another Useful Way to Measure the Tonal Balance of Music
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dBFS
– Used Only in Digital Systems – Fast Response with a Integration Time of 5ms – Intended to reflect when Digital Distortion will occur – Measures in dBFS – The Maximum Value in a Digital Scale is 0dBFS – often a Programs Fader Range goes from 0dBFS Down to -96dB (Wavelab, Dualism etc.) – in…
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dBVU
– Volume Unit is an Analog Measurement – the “VU World” has often a Headroom of About +3dB Above VU Zero or Sometimes +6dB (+6dB was Already in the Distortion Area) – the Standard Calibration is 1.228 Volts, i.e. if you Let 1.228 Volts through your System, you would Wanna Set the VU Meter to…
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Distortion
General – Distortion is the Result in a Change of the Shape of a Wave that usually Comes from Pushing a Particular Circuit Component (e.g. a Tube, Tape Machines, Amplifiers, Transistors, Transformers) Beyond its Limits or Linear Operation – i.e. when Signal Level Exceeds the Ability of a Device to Respond to the Level Swings…
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Dynamics (Orchestra)
ppp = pianississimo = Very Soft pp = pianissimo = Somewhat Soft p = piano = Soft mp = mezzopiano = Moderately Soft mf = mezzoforte = Moderately Loud f = forte =Loud ff = fortissimo = Louder than f fff = fortississimo = Louder than ff – Below a Image of Relative Dynamics in…
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Dynamic Range
General – it Looks at the Short Term Punchiness of a Track, Created Using a Ratio of the Short Term LUFS to Peak Level (Not the Same as Crest Factor which Uses RMS to Calculate the Dynamic Range) Crest Factor Large Crest Factors = will generally be of a Very Dynamic Material Smaller Crest Values…