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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article , Randy Yates   wrote:   
   >   
   >So to infer from your response, one definition of dBFS would be   
   >something like this:   
   >   
   >  dBFS = 20 * log_10(XPEAK / FSPEAK),   
      
   Yes, I have already said that three times now in three different ways.   
      
   >What units would a typical professional digital audio system use to   
   >measure RMS values of digital signals?   
      
   I don't know, because I have never seen actual instantaneous RMS values   
   ever displayed anywhere.   
      
   I have seen dozens of different time-averaged levels displayed in the   
   digital domain but none of them were really RMS.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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