[PD] making puredata headphone-safe

[Chris McCormick]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 06:48:05PM -0400, Martin Peach wrote:
> An [osc~] multiplied by 5555 will sound louder  
> but it won't actually be louder than an osc multiplied by one (the  
> amplitude at the output will still be between 1 and -1).

I think it actually depends on your sound card whether or not this is true with Pd. I might be mistaken but I am pretty sure some sound cards will let you output abs(x) > 1. Hmmm actually this doesn't make sense to me if the driver is accepting a 16 bit signed int. Can someone confirm whether this is the case?

Incidentally, if I recall correctly, Miller told me that he uses a set of small, cheap speakers when doing experimental stuff so as to save ear damage. At least I think it was Miller.

My own ears are a lost cause after years of punk gigs so I don't have this problem.

Cheers,

Chris.

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