RMS meters too high?

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
Post Reply
staplesyrup
Posts: 75
Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:56 am

RMS meters too high?

Post by staplesyrup » Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:21 pm

I've been trying a few different RMS meters on my master track , mvMeter2 by TB Proaudio, and various M4L devices. all of them give similar readings.
However, for any audio, they are all consistently about 3 or 4dB lower than Live's RMS meters on the master track. Why is this?
Top
staplesyrup
Posts: 75
Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:56 am

Re: RMS meters too high?

Post by staplesyrup » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:56 am

Ok the answer is ... thete are different standards for rms meters. LIve uses a standard that is based on a sine wave at 0dB giving an RMS of 0dB. The reference level of the RMS is arbitrary since the RMS is not audio, its a value based on the audio. Hence different standards of what level the RMS should be in relation to the audio. Upshot is - add 3dB to my m4l meters and all is good
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Ableton Live”