[LAU] maximum input level, or normalization and dc offset correction?

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 09:34:27PM +0100, Harry van Haaren wrote:
 
> http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2011/download/lm-pres.pdf
> 
> The wave is pretty much predictable: until a (strange) *double 1.0* value
> sample appears. The D/A conversion goes crazy, a spike to value of approx
> 3, while the range should be -1 to 1.

This is of course an extreme example. In real life the soup isn't
eaten that hot. 

I use dpl1 as a safety net for most of my work, usually it's set
to -0.5 dB as the allowed peak level. 


Ciao,

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