[LAU] Normalize to -1db peak

[Peter P.]

* Will Godfrey <willgodfrey at musically.me.uk> [2020-04-21 16:49]:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:28:18 +0200
> "Peter P." <peterparker at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >* Atte Jensen <atte.jensen at gmail.com> [2020-04-21 16:20]:
> >> Thanks, that seems to be just perfect!
> >> 
> >> Always running dev stuff in a separate corner of my hard disk :-)
> >> 
> >> It seems I should stop using normalize-audio and go with my brand new
> >> python wrapper of the above...  
> >Yes, especially when considering the manifold processing algorithms and
> >file format conversions built into SoX.
> >
> >cheers, P
> 
> Just an aside here. I'm in contact with a number of people who who work in
> digital recording extensively. Their recommendation is that you should regard
> your peak level as at least -3dB due to the potential of inter-sample
> peaks. With the headroom available from even 16bit audio, you can go down to
> -10dB and still not have any noise issues. To really appreciate this check here:
> 
> https://www.soundonsound.com/people/mike-skeet-media
Good point Will! Seems like this is a more original source
https://service.tcgroup.tc/media/Level_paper_AES109%281%29.pdf
(See 5.2)