<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hm... I'm not sure I understand the danger.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Isn't this:</span></div><div><span>[noise~]</span></div><div><span>|</span></div><div><span>[*~ 999999]</span></div><div><span>|</span></div><div><span>[dac~]</span></div><div><br></div><div>an implicit version of:</div><div>[noise~]</div><div>|</div><div>[*~ 999999]</div><div>|</div><div>[clip~ -1 1]</div><div>|</div><div>[dac~]</div><div><br></div><div>?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Doesn't the signal generated by either of these create the greatest perceived volume-- something approaching a bunch of square waves at maximum amplitude at every frequency? If so you couldn't one just make sure that this output doesn't hurt one's ears with the headphones on?<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Jonathan<br><blockquote
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Stephen Lavelle <analytic@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> pd-list@iem.at<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:46 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PD] making puredata headphone-safe<br></font><br><div id="yiv778691905">That's the danger of low level manipulation :D <div><br></div><div>[adc~]</div><div>|</div><div>[* 1000]</div><div>|</div><div>[dac~]</div><div><br></div><div>not the best idea :)</div><div><br></div><div>Put the volume low always, and be extremely careful. </div>
<div>OR: compressor? peak limiter? (after the headphones...) Because if you are suggesting "to be code careful" that might mess up all the fun.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Pedro <br><br><div class="yiv778691905gmail_quote">
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Stephen Lavelle <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:analytic@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:analytic@gmail.com">analytic@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv778691905gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I've managed to hurt my ears twice over the past two days when using PD w/ headphones. Even at lowest system volumes, it seems that Terrible Things can happen. Are there any precautions that I can take to make it feel less like I'm taking my life into my hands when I have to use headphones?<br>
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