0dB is the maxium level that a file can have saved to when it is stored on your hard drive. There must be some kind of Gain Value added in Vegas applied additionally to the media file to force its level to go over 0dB. The file clip/media file itself can not go over 0dB. It's like I've been saying and the ForumAdmin (J.) is saying. You say a clip can't go above 0db in vegas, then what is the red indicator above the main bus telling me when it says 2.4db? " I think I might have been working on a surround project when this happened for me.are you working in surround or Stereo for the project? Sorry, I'm a bit fuzzy on what I was doing when I saw this and I was in a hurry and I did something to fix the problem, but I can't remember all the details at this time. If Sound Forge is displaying -1.7dB on it's meters when you play the file back, and you have all the faders set at 0dB like you say you do in Vegas, then Vegas should also display -1.7dB. See if that changes anything as far as levels you see on the master bus. Change the project sampling rate and the bit debt to match your your media files sampling rate and bit debt, and click "Apply". Take note of your project Sampling rate, and the number of bits. Under the "media" tab, take note of the sampling rate, the bits, and if it's Stereo or mono file. Right click on the audio in the track and select "properties". So one further thing to check to see if you've stumbled across something that I thought I had stumbled across. I was in a hurry and I think I just changed my project sampling rate to match that of the single media file and the problem seemed to go away. I believe it was that my media file was at one sampling rate while the Vegas project was at another. I can't remember the exact scenario or if it was just a dumb user error, but for some reason my playback was hotter in Vegas than what I expected. Once I had something similar like this happen to me. If all four faders are at 0dB, here's something else to check. Are both of them at 0dB in both the track and the bus? Now Toggle the "Show Automation controls" off. Did you check both of them? Click on the little Gear Icon in the Track and Bus.or the proper name for it is the "Automation settings" icon. So if you're adding no gain, like you say you are with your track fader, if you have no volume envelopes enabled and your master fader is set at 0dB and you have no FX's either in the bus insert or the track insert, then in NO WAY should it read +2.4dB.Īn easy thing to overlook is that Vegas actually has 2 track faders per track and 2 faders per bus. The maximum a single sound file can go is 0dB. Well, if all your track faders and setting are as you say they are, then in no way should Vegas be displaying a +2.4dB level on the bus meter. "In vegas a part of a clip may be 2.4db but opened as a copy in sound forge it will max at -1.7db WHY?"