Apollo Twin X meter is constantly red

[cookisdope]

Hey Guys - I notice that my Apollo Twin X is always peaking. I listen to something on Apple Music, a youtube video, almost anything and its constantly peaking on my device and on the console app. I am using the latest UAD software and i am on MacOS Ventura 13.6.6. Any help would be appreciated, I know I cannot be the only person with this issue. Been really hard to find any help on this topic. Thanks in advance!

 

[UniversalAudio]

Hey Guys - I notice that my Apollo Twin X is always peaking. I listen to something on Apple Music, a youtube video, almost anything and its constantly peaking on my device and on the console app. I am using the latest UAD software and i am on MacOS Ventura 13.6.6. Any help would be appreciated, I know I cannot be the only person with this issue. Been really hard to find any help on this topic. Thanks in advance!

Normal and expected. Content these days is compressed and limited to within an inch of its life. Without regard to reconstruction overs, which are especially problematic with many codecs.

Further, Pro audio meters are often set to go red .1dB early (sometimes more) as a backstop.