[linux-audio-user] Peak Level Monitor/Limiting[Fwd: linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 42, Issue 125]
rob
rob at curates-egg.org
Fri Mar 30 03:46:04 EDT 2007
Phil Mendelsohn wrote:
> If you think about this for a couple of seconds, you may
> decide to reformulate your opinion. In a low-level signal,
> you say the "top" (Most Significant) bits will be zero. In
> a high-level signal, though, the bottom 12-bits are all ones.
</lurk>
Sorry - but this is just untrue. A high-level signal has a larger
peak-to-peak voltage/value and hence uses more of the available bits.
The least significant bits will not be pinned at '1' as you appear to
suggest.
[Apologies if I got the quoting wrong.]
cheers
R
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