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   Peter Larsen to glen herrmannsfeldt   
   Re: dBFS   
   20 Nov 10 23:37:40   
   
   XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: digilyd@hotmail.com   
      
   glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:   
      
   > It seems to me that there is still some uncertainty in the   
   > meaning of dBFS.   
      
   No. There are 10 kind of readers here, those that understand binary and   
   those that do not.   
      
   > Well, consider that CDs are considered to have 96dB (or some   
   > similar number) of dynamic range.  That is comparing a full   
   > scale signal (just about impossible in a live recording)   
      
   Oh no, what is difficult to some is to stay in the comfy -10 to -5 zone re.   
   FS instead of being at 0 dB FS for a number of consecutive samples.   
      
   > -- glen'   
      
      Kind regards   
      
      Peter Larsen   
      
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