Convert -6 dBFS to Linear Amplitude
Convert one level between dBFS, percent, and linear amplitude, and print all three.
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About this tool
This page opens the audio scale converter already set to convert -6 dBFS into its linear amplitude value, and runs the conversion as soon as the page loads. -6 dBFS is one of the most-quoted reference points in audio engineering because it converts to an amplitude of roughly 0.501 — close enough to exactly half that the rule of thumb 'every 6 dB is a halving of amplitude' is built directly into mixing and mastering vocabulary.
That rule comes straight from the dBFS formula: dBFS = 20·log10(amplitude), and 20·log10(0.5) works out to -6.02 dB, which rounds to the -6 dB figure everyone actually says out loud. Mix engineers use it to eyeball gain moves without a calculator — pulling a fader down 6 dB roughly halves the perceived signal level — and this page shows the exact linear value behind that shorthand rather than the rounded approximation.
Swap the input for any other dBFS value to see its precise linear amplitude, or flip the from/to scales to go the other direction and convert a linear or percentage value back into dBFS.
Example. The form opens at -1 dBFS and prints linear 0.891251 and 89.125%. -6 dBFS prints linear 0.501187 and 50.119%. 50 percent prints -6.02 dBFS and linear 0.500000. 0 dBFS prints 1.000000 and 100.000%.
Limit. The conversion is 20 log10 of a single amplitude. It is not LUFS, RMS, or a file measurement. Negative percent and negative linear values are clamped to 0.