•Analog measurements were performed using a quasi-peak detector, which systematically underestimated the result.
•It was thence attempted to emulate it employing the Statistical Analysis tool of Adobe Audition.
•Specifying a window width of 35 ms, this tool computes correctly the pseudo-peak value as maximum RMS, if you add 3dB to the result (or by specifying that 0 dB = FS sine wave). It was checked that with these settings one gets the readings specified in table A-II of the IEC standard, employing a 5kHz tone burst of 1ms length.