Therefore for example the current '0dB' designation is now both technical and conceptual incorrect.
Wrong. There's nothing wrong about that. "0 dB" here means the amount of adjustment, compensation, not an absolute measure.
The correct unit is LUFS. (loudness units)
Again wrong. If following EBU standard it should be LU, not LUFS, here as it's a relative measure. But who knows what LU or LUFS means?
If the slider is set to 0dB, the actual result is a perfect -18 LUFS. (perceived integrated loudness)
Set to +6dB results in -12 LUFS, and -9dB results in exactly -27 LUFS.
So you know 1 LU/LUFS equals to 1 dB. Then why change it only to make it incomprehensible to most users?
Wow, are you the touchstone of what is right and wrong here?
1. You suggest 0dB means the amount of adjustment. So 0dB is no adjustment then? That would be a confusing and incorrect statement. Almost all tracks run through analysis with setting the slider to 0dB
will be adjusted.
2. LUFS is a perfectly good term here: loudness units full scale.
3. You are suggesting that 'I know' 1dB = 1 LUFS. I am not. You are missing the point that dB and LU are of a different concept, and that is one reason for my suggestion.
You might like it or not, but the simple fact is that MusicBee now uses the LU concept in it's processing, but it displays a dB scaling.
The concept of 0 dB is in my opinion (and experience) difficult to explain and very arbitrary.
-18LUFS says the loudness is 18LU (or 18dB if you would like to think of it in that way) below full scale (maximum signal) I think that is quite simple to understand and to explain. It is also a common standard in the professional audio and video industry. Do you believe they are also 'wrong' about using LUFS for this?
4. Do you speak for most users? I don't think so.
I believe I am only stating facts, which are easily verifiable if you put a little effort in it.
If
you personally want to hold on to an old (and in my opinion incorrect) habit, that's fine.
But then just say that. Don't try to kill a perfectly sensible suggestion by attacking it with throwing your 'wrongs' in this manner.
I would understand from a certain point that some people might miss a comfortable '0' setting.
But I personally prefer not to underestimate others in learning and understanding. It would also be easy to make an entry in the Wiki explaining this both in laymen's terms, and more in detail for the folks that really want to understand what is what.