NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT IS OBSOLETE, PLEASE CHECK THE NEW VERSION: "Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), with Audio Applications --- Second Edition", by Julius O. Smith III, W3K Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9745607-4-8. - Copyright © 2017-09-28 by Julius O. Smith III - Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University
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DBm Scale
One common dB scale in audio recording is the dBm scale in which the reference power is taken to be a milliwatt (1 mW) dissipated by a 600Ohm resistor. (See Appendix B for a primer on resistors, voltage, current, and power.)