XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article , Randy Yates   wrote:   
   >   
   >If dBFS is defined as   
   >   
   >  dBFS = 20 * log_10(XRMS / (RMS value of full-scale sine wave),   
   >   
   >where XRMS is the RMS value of the digital data stream, and you're   
   >generating a "digital square wave," then you are wrong. The digital   
   >square wave can go to +3dBFS as defined above.   
      
   dBFS has not got a damn thing to do with sine waves or reference levels   
   or anything in the analogue world.   
      
   It has ONLY to do with how far a digital level is below the point at   
   which the digital value reaches full scale (all bits on).   
   --scott   
      
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