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Decibels (dB): The Definitive Guide for Audio Professionals
1. Introduction: The Shift in Perspective The Decibel (dB) is, without a doubt, the most fundamental and, at the same time, the most misunderstood unit in all of professional audio. It's everywhere: on your DAW faders, in a preamp's specifications, on a console's meters, and in discussions about loudness. We are surrounded by a collection of suffixes like dBu, dBV, dBSPL, and dBFS, and understanding how they relate (and why they are different) is the foundation of correct gai

Matheus Antunes
Oct 31


The Hidden Peaks of Digital Audio: Understanding Intersample Peak, True Peak, and Oversampling
Continuing the posts on Digital Audio, today we will talk about three concepts that are crucially connected: Oversampling, Intersample...

Matheus Antunes
Aug 21


Digital Audio V - VU, RMS and LUFS
Understanding the technical functions and limitations of VU, RMS, and LUFS meters is essential for delivering work that translates...

Matheus Antunes
Aug 11


Digital Audio IV - Understanding Dither and Truncation
Digital Audio IV - Understanding Dither and Truncation In previous posts, we followed the journey of sound from the analog to the digital...

Matheus Antunes
Aug 6


The Journey of Sound: Understanding Transducers and Converters
In previous posts, we established the fundamental difference between the analog and digital worlds. But how, exactly, does sound make the...

Matheus Antunes
Aug 5
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