THE HIPPIE Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) 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? Edited October 26, 2011 by THE HIPPIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE HIPPIE Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Lagerfeldt Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE HIPPIE Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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