[LAD] [LAU] mudita24 1.02 -- improved envy24control mixer/router for ice1712-based sound-cards

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On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:17:45 +0200
fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 09:50:32AM +0100, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 22:51 +0200, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:19:33AM -0700, Niels Mayer wrote:
> > > 
> > > > The big issue with having the full 144dB range is that the "business"
> > > > end of the slider is all at the top,
> > > 
> > > I've never seen a real fader that has any practical resolution 
> > > below -80 dB: the next tick, 5mm or so down,  is 'Off'. And most
> > > don't even go down that much.
> > 
> > I'm sure most people on here know this, but the decibel scale is a
> > relative logarithmic scale. 
> 
> I'm sure most people know that. And what is supposed to follow from
> this ? Most faders will be calibrated +10 or +15 dB at the top, so
> if the last tick is -80 dB, that means a range of 95 dB. More than
> that is pretty useless. The 144 dB range of the chip just reflects
> the fact that the gain is set by a 24-bit integer value, that's all.
> 
> > Saying "-80dB" means that whatever went in
> > was attenuated by 80dB, or 1x10E8 
> 
> 1e8 in power, 1e4 in amplitude.
> 
> - if you put in a 1V signal, a 0.01µV  signal will result. 
> 
> 0.1 mv actually.
> 
> Ciao,


In my (limited) experience a practical mixing fader, as opposed to a
gain control, doesn't need more than 60dB range, and a L-R panning
control, even less - probably as little as 40dB.

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