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How Loud?, Measuring Loudness (Decibels)

korektphool View Member Profile	Sun 21 Mar 2004, 10:51 Post #1
Rookie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 12-Oct 03 From: Sydney - AU Member No.: 26,579	HI ALL! This is what I want to do: I have a sample (AIFF, mp3, whatever). I want to measure how loud the sound is, in decibels. Is there an application that can do this? Or is there a VST instrument that can do this once I load the sample in Cubase? All help is appreciated. PS In case you are wondering why I would want to do this, it is for a science project (I go to school). Raghav Kaushik [KorektPhool]

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korektphool View Member Profile	Sun 28 Mar 2004, 06:49 Post #2
Rookie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 12-Oct 03 From: Sydney - AU Member No.: 26,579	Hey peoples Seth, i cant just test in my DAW what level the sound is at by looking at when it peaks, etc. I need a measurment, in numbers. And Jeff i kinda got wat u sed about the decibels. Is there any other unit of measurment for the volume? (decibels are the only i could think of). i know that the volume depends on many many variables but ill keep those all constant when trying to record and measure two or more samples. And about building my own program that does wat i want, its almost impossible and i dont think ill buy hardware just for a science project. Just out of interest, why will anyone buy hardware for measuring something so trivial? Raghav Kaushik korektphool

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korektphool How Loud? Sun 21 Mar 2004, 10:51

korektphool Plz help, cuz i rwally need 2 start thi assignment... Mon 22 Mar 2004, 10:36

sethjacquay korektphool, I don't know of any application ... Mon 22 Mar 2004, 16:29

Jeff Pelletier Alright....Here's something that screws everyo... Fri 26 Mar 2004, 05:11

sethjacquay Jeff, Question, I have read the term VU time afte... Fri 26 Mar 2004, 14:42

Jeff Pelletier Hey dude! VU stands for volume unit. *correct... Fri 26 Mar 2004, 20:44

korektphool Hey peoples Seth, i cant just test in my DAW what ... Sun 28 Mar 2004, 06:49

sethjacquay I was thinking you might be able use this plugin t... Fri 16 Apr 2004, 13:41

dasasoul Sethjacquay .will this plugin work on Garage band ... Thu 3 Jun 2004, 21:24

destroyw bias-peak comes with a free plugin by Elemental Au... Fri 4 Jun 2004, 02:43

sethjacquay Yeah, the plug-in, Elemental Audio's Inspector... Tue 15 Jun 2004, 18:10

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