Re: [sc-users] End to end amplitude control and system headroom?

["Tim Walters" <walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> When I recently changed a synth to use sampled sound via PlayBuf
> rather than oscillators I noticed a significant drop in overall
> loudness.

An oscillator is hitting full code on every cycle. It's a lot louder than
any normal recorded sound is going to be.

> Finally, if I have samples that use the full available range, and then
> use a factor of 1.0 where there is any kind of amplitude scaling,
> should I expect that the sound ultimately coming out of the DAC at the
> end will also be full range without clipping?

Yes. But remember that peak level is not the same as subjective loudness.

-- 
Tim Walters | http://doubtfulpalace.com



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