Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 838)

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Audio Levels, Meters,
and Output Channels
You use audio meters to keep levels consistent
throughout your movie and to make sure audio signals
never get so high that they distort.
This chapter covers the following:
 About Audio Meters (p. 51)
 Setting Proper Audio Levels (p. 58)
 Working With Multiple Audio Output Channels (p. 61)
About Audio Meters
Audio meters display the level of your audio signal in an objective way, helping you to
set consistent levels throughout your program and ensuring that you have sufficient
headroom and dynamic range.
Average and Peak Audio Levels
Before you begin to adjust audio levels, take a closer look at an audio waveform to
better understand how it corresponds to what you hear during playback.
Waveform from an excerpt
of electronic music Average loudness
of track
Peaks