[PD] making puredata headphone-safe

[Jonathan Wilkes]

Hm... I'm not sure I understand the danger.

Isn't this:
[noise~]
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[*~ 999999]
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[dac~]

an implicit version of:
[noise~]
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[*~ 999999]
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[clip~ -1 1]
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[dac~]

?


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?


-Jonathan

To: Stephen Lavelle <analytic at gmail.com>
>Cc: pd-list at iem.at
>Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [PD] making puredata headphone-safe
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>That's the danger of low level manipulation :D 
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>[adc~]
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>[* 1000]
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>[dac~]
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>not the best idea :)
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>Put the volume low always, and be extremely careful. 
>OR: compressor? peak limiter? (after the headphones...) Because if you are suggesting "to be code careful" that might mess up all the fun.
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>Best,
>Pedro 
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>On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Stephen Lavelle <analytic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>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?
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