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   From: ruffrecords@yahoo.com   
      
   Randy Yates wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > Some had responded here to my recent inquiry on levels that dBFS is a   
   > peak measurement.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
      
   dBFS is NOT a measurement method (peak or rms) but a specification for a signal   
   level. Unlike dBm, dBu and dBV is has NO SPECIFIC PHYSICAL VALUE - it is simply   
   the largest value that a digital system can represent.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   ian   
      
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