[PD] making puredata headphone-safe

Mathieu Bouchard matju at artengine.ca
Tue Aug 30 03:41:45 CEST 2011


On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:

> So why not always have [clip~ -1 1] before and/or after your pd master volume control?

Dunno, I only ever use OSS and ALSA, which already clip. I have no use for 
the extra clip.

> Could the distortion resulting from clipping out of range values possibly result in a 
> signal anywhere near as loud as what you're describing?

After a [clip~ -1 1] it can't get worse than what we discussed before.

I'm talking about how terrible it can get before getting into the clipper.

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