[LAU] -3.0 dB

[carmen]

On Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 06:17:04PM -0700, Norval Watson wrote:
> I have read that it is good practice to aim for a maximum level of -3.0 dB when mixing, mastering, normalizing etc. in the digital domain.

two mono chans at -3 should sum to 0db, afaik

> Why is this so? And are there situations when one might aim for 0 dB?
> TIA
> Norv
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