[PD] headroom in Pd

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

On 2013-12-21 14:58, peiman khosravi wrote:
> However, it's probably wise to clip the signal before sending it to dac~.
> Entirely for health and safety reasons!

this really depends...a clipping sine will have loads of high
frequencies that might be equally damaging to your audience.

if you want to be safe, use math to make sure that your signal won't
exceed -1..+1 before sending to the [dac~].

or use a limiter (zexy has a handy one).

fgmrdsa
IOhannes

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