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   Scott Dorsey to yates@ieee.org   
   Re: dBFS   
   19 Nov 10 17:29:42   
   
   XPost: rec.audio.pro   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article , Randy Yates   wrote:   
   >   
   >If an RMS measurement needs to be made for a digital signal (i.e., on a   
   >digital mixing console or a ProTools plugin), what units are utilized? I   
   >thought they were dBFS, i.e., that dBFS was an RMS measurement.   
   >Apparently I am incorrect. Somebody please set me straight.   
      
   That depends entirely on which averaging standard you decide to use.   
   Most common is LKFS according to ITU BS.1771 loudness standard.  You   
   will never, never see this in the US, but RTW standalone meters can   
   display it.   
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