Re: metering

> Hi- I just finished a doc mix on the online NLE (DS), and the only 
> meters available were Dorrough 40-A2s. I let the loudest syllables 
> of the interviews hit zero (persistence.) While laying off to tape, 
> I watched the VU meters in the engineering dept's McCurdy test set, 
> and was troubled to see those hot spots hitting +3, though the music 
> portions tracked identically to the Dorroughs.

Crest factor of dialog is a heck of a lot higher than of most music. That
is, the ratio of peak to RMS in the waveform.

Check those spots on the DBeta's meters. (Or pay $700 for a Dorrough
digital, or a couple hundred for SpectraFoo if you have a computer with
digital i/o.)

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