22 Oct
2007
22 Oct
'07
4:44 a.m.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 02:44:08PM -0700, william estrada wrote:
When I use my laptop's sound device and record
without a mic, I get
a file full of x'7f's. If I do the same with my cheap-o USB device
I get a file full of x'81's. The sound quality from the laptop is
unacceptable, so that is way I want to use the USB device.
Those values are somewhat confusing - your device doesn't produce
8-bit samples, does it ?
A 'perfect' interface would probably produce zeros on silence.
You may be seeing a small DC offset.
Anyway, silence detection based on one particular sample value can't
be expected to work well, there will always be _some_ noise. Better
calculate the RMS amplitude and set a threshold on that.
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FA
Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica
Parma, Italia
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