True Peak & Limiter Headroom
See how much true-peak headroom to leave under 0 dBFS for any codec.
Result
Codec
mp3
Headroom
0.5 dB
Safe ceiling
-0.8 dBTP
About this tool
Type your limiter ceiling and the codec target (MP3, AAC, OGG, lossy broadcast) to get the safe true-peak headroom in dBTP. Targets the r/audioengineering and r/mixingmastering inter-sample-peak question.
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