Audio Levels, Audio Meters Questions

Just made the switch from avid and want to confirm that I'm doing everything right when it comes to audio.
The left side of the avid meter (digital meter? not sure if this is the right terminology) goes from -90 to +0. This is the meter I was paying a attention to on the avid - I would set my tone to -20dB and have my peeks hit -10dB. On the right side of the avid meter is the vu meter (analog meter?). Never really payed attention to this one.
The meter in final cut looks more like the vu meter in avid and this kind of throws me off. I'm thinking its a digital meter, like the left side of the avid meter, but I'm not sure. If I'm right, why does the avid meter end at +0 and the final cut meter goes to +12?
Right now I'm mixing to between -12 and -10 with tone set to -20, using the numbers on the final cut meter? Does this sound right for broadcast?
Thanks you

actually, the FCP audio meter goes from -96 to 0. At least on every version I've seen. But based on your tone level settings at -20 and mixing between -12 to -10 you are matching our broadcast audio standards exactly. so i don't think you will have any issues.

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