[LAD] Calculate R M S (Alfs Kurmis)

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:16:32 +1300
"Jeff McClintock" <jef at synthedit.com> wrote:

> > From: Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org>
> > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 07:36:44AM +1300, Jeff McClintock wrote:
> > 
> > > With a RMS VU Meter you measure a 1KHz tone as a reference.
> > 
> > A contradiction... A VU does not measure RMS, whatever does measure
> > RMS is not a VU.
> 
> Isn't a VU Meter a standard root-mean-square function followed by a 300ms
> integration to give it some 'weight'? ...calibrated against a 1kHz tone?

Maybe that's what some people would like it to be, but all the ones I've seen
have quite different properties from each other. I've yet to see VU meters on
different kit track together :(

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