Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db

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From: Ken Restivo <ken@...>

To: Monty Montgomery <xiphmont@...>

Cc: <linux-audio-user@...>

Subject: Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 9:27 pm

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 02:11:24PM -0400, Monty Montgomery wrote:

quoted text

> > multiplying two floats will introduce a rounding error in the least
> > significant bit. that means it adds noise. at a level of -144dBFS.
>
> Yes, depends on the range of the signal. It will be ~ -144dBFS if the
> input signal is full range 0dB. It will be considerably less if the
> signal is less. Although ears might have a dynamic range of over
> 120dB, they have considerably less dynamic depth (only 30dB or so in a
> critical band, not sure of the full-band figure).
>
> > that means people will lose significant imaging clarity of the two
> > mosquitoes fucking on their mike windscreen during the recording of that
> > starting space shuttle. end of the world!
>
> Mosquitos are *considerably* louder than what we're talking about!
>

I would like someone to post a sample of two mosquitoes fucking on Freesound.

-ken
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[LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Atte André Jensen, (Sat Apr 10, 6:51 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Guillaume Meurisse, (Wed Apr 14, 1:50 am)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, , (Mon Apr 12, 8:37 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Jörn Nettingsmeier, (Mon Apr 12, 2:28 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Jörn Nettingsmeier, (Mon Apr 12, 1:41 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Monty Montgomery, (Tue Apr 13, 6:11 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Ken Restivo, (Tue Apr 13, 9:27 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, micromoog, (Mon Apr 12, 9:41 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Arnold Krille, (Tue Apr 13, 6:51 am)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Ken Restivo, (Tue Apr 13, 6:59 am)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Arnold Krille, (Tue Apr 13, 7:37 am)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, , (Mon Apr 12, 11:02 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, , (Mon Apr 12, 8:36 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Paul Davis, (Mon Apr 12, 1:50 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Gwenhwyfaer, (Mon Apr 12, 2:18 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, drew Roberts, (Mon Apr 12, 2:58 pm)

Re: [LAU] digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db, Jörn Nettingsmeier, (Mon Apr 12, 2:31 pm)

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