RMS Question

wretchedspawn · 12-19-2007, 03:45 PM

What is the average RMS for most metal?

djpharoah · 12-19-2007, 03:46 PM

EDIT: Guess Drew has this.

Drew · 12-19-2007, 03:47 PM

Is this prompted by a question about a limiting plug-in that can go by peak or RMS?

The short answer is "too loud."

the long answer is grab a metal album you like, rip a track to .wav, open it in your editor, then pull up the plugin and have it spit back the "current" RMS value.

wretchedspawn · 12-19-2007, 04:47 PM

It was actually just a curious question. I didn't know if there was an industry standard or something.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew

the long answer is grab a metal album you like, rip a track to .wav, open it in your editor, then pull up the plugin and have it spit back the "current" RMS value.

I'll do that. Thanks.

Drew · 12-19-2007, 04:49 PM

The industry standard is, sadly, "louder than everyone else."

nbarts · 12-19-2007, 06:05 PM

Most of tracks end up -10 to -14db. Good sounding ones not more than -14, loud sounding ones go sometimes up to -9db.

newamerikangospel · 12-19-2007, 07:18 PM

*is confused* What is this measuring?

12-19-2007, 03:45 PM	#1
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