I would like to know that when i master a song & use the

[THE HIPPIE]

I would like to know that when i master a song & use the limiter, the sound usually becomes louder but doesn't clip on its levels since the out ceiling is at -0.1dB but when i check on the levels on my firewire, it's very very much clipping & overboard? Is that normal? Is that bad?

[THE HIPPIE]

Thanks for your help.

[lagerfeldt]

I would like to know that when i master a song & use the limiter, the sound usually becomes louder but doesn't clip on its levels since the out ceiling is at -0.1dB but when i check on the levels on my firewire, it's very very much clipping & overboard? Is that normal? Is that bad?

FireWire is a data communications standard. Did you mean FireFace, a sound card from RME?

 

I believe RME's overload indicators show overload (red LEDs) at a very conservative -3 dBFS, but that's the input side only. I'm not sure about the output side.

 

You can actually have 0 dBFS+ signals at the D/A stage even though the signal is below 0 dBFS in the box. This is due to inter-sample peaks, and will light up the red overload LEDs on some sound cards. You can read more about the subject in articles below.

 

If you want to check for ISP's then download and use the free SSL X-ISM meter on your output.

 

0 dBFS+ Levels in Digital Mastering

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/nielsen_lund_2000_0dbfs_le.pdf

 

Overload in Signal Conversion

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/nielsen_lund_2003_overload.pdf

 

Stop Counting Samples

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/lund_2006_stop_counting_samples_aes121.pdf

 

Programmed for Distortion

Listen to the artifacts produced when hot CDs are sample rate converted or reproduced in a CD player.

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/Programmed_for_Distortion.zip

 

Sample Rate Theory

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/659500-digital-audio-sampling-rates.html

 

Inter-sample peaks

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/tips-techniques/334385-intersample-peaks.html

[THE HIPPIE]

I would like to know that when i master a song & use the limiter, the sound usually becomes louder but doesn't clip on its levels since the out ceiling is at -0.1dB but when i check on the levels on my firewire, it's very very much clipping & overboard? Is that normal? Is that bad?

FireWire is a data communications standard. Did you mean FireFace, a sound card from RME?

 

I believe RME's overload indicators show overload (red LEDs) at a very conservative -3 dBFS, but that's the input side only. I'm not sure about the output side.

 

You can actually have 0 dBFS+ signals at the D/A stage even though the signal is below 0 dBFS in the box. This is due to inter-sample peaks, and will light up the red overload LEDs on some sound cards. You can read more about the subject in articles below.

 

If you want to check for ISP's then download and use the free SSL X-ISM meter on your output.

 

0 dBFS+ Levels in Digital Mastering

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/nielsen_lund_2000_0dbfs_le.pdf

 

Overload in Signal Conversion

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/nielsen_lund_2003_overload.pdf

 

Stop Counting Samples

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/lund_2006_stop_counting_samples_aes121.pdf

 

Programmed for Distortion

Listen to the artifacts produced when hot CDs are sample rate converted or reproduced in a CD player.

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/Programmed_for_Distortion.zip

 

Sample Rate Theory

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/659500-digital-audio-sampling-rates.html

 

Inter-sample peaks

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/tips-techniques/334385-intersample-peaks.html

Thanks, what i meant was the firewire m-audio interface.