cliveb;419126 Wrote: > > > Formally there is no way to know for sure that something is clipped. If > you happen to see a "flat top" waveform then you can deduce with fairly > high confidence that it *is* the result of clipping, but you can't know > for sure the original signal wasn't intended to be like that. So not > only is clipping restoration a heuristic process, so too is clipping > *detection*. > > Interestingly, not all clipping will reveal itself as flat topped > waveforms. If something is clipped and subsequently passed through a > filter, it'll acquire a slope. I've seen examples of this on commercial > CDs.
Clive - I don't want to be too picky, but a consecutive sequence of 16 "1's" contain as much musical information as a consecutive sequence of 16 "0's" - i.e. no information at all. In fact, one could argue a consecutive sequence of any fixed value has no musical information since there would be no frequency or amplittude changes... Anyway - I agree with your post :-) other than I know of no way create to a consecutive set of full range values other than to clip (either in software or by overloading an ADC) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57872 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
