12 Jul
2013
12 Jul
'13
10:20 p.m.
On 07/12/2013 02:36 PM, Harry van Haaren wrote:
<wizardofgosz(a)gmail.com
<mailto:wizardofgosz@gmail.com>> wrote:
I understand that they can exist, but for the waveform to be rendered
by the D/A, 3dB over the sample values (in the peake between the
samples) seems like an unlikely transient. Further, if the D/A has
sufficient headroom (modern good D/A should) I would think it's not
really a problem.
I still see plenty of mastering engineers normalizing their INCREDIBLY
LOUD mixes to 0, and to -.1
So in short, I tend not worry about it. :-)
Some people believe in this new gremlim called
inter-sample distortion
or some such thing.
[Side note on gremlins]
Inter sample peaks: neither peak represents the highest value of the
wave: the peak exists between the samples. This is a mathematically
proven phenomena. The distance to keep from 0dB FS depends on the signal
(due to the inter-sample peaks depending on the signal).
I tend to stay away 3dB from 0dBFS, I think that suffices... -Harry