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Levels, dynamics & loudness · Working

True peak

Also called: dBTP

ELI5

An estimate of the maximum analogue-like peak level between digital samples.

Used in conversation

“The treatment should explain how the true peak supports the story.”

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.