(In Ableton Live, the brighter green bars display the average level – RMS – and the darker green the peak level). So, if your audio level is peaking at -10dBFS, you have 10dB of headroom.The nearer you are to 0dBFS, the less headroom you have. ...
In mixing VU Meter plugin is even more useful, used in conjunction with the peak meter of your DAW can help you identify critical tracks that have too much energy in the transients and not enough loudness, but the single most useful feature is the auto gain. Gain staging is a crucial par...