Re: Re[2]: [linux-audio-dev] peakfiles and EDL's

[Frank Neumann]

Hi,
Robert Schrem wrote:

[...]

> Well I think you need only to compute one peak value for a
> sample data block: Max = abs(all samples for a block)
> I still don't understan what information we gan if we compute
> seperate min and max peak values.

But what about waveforms that have a certain DC offset? (That's SoundForge
spead, but Steve Harris used the same term for one of his LADSPA plugins,
so I believe it's commonly used). There is no guarantee that a waveform is
well-balanced over the zero axis, so you might find cases where the positive
part is well within ranges while the negative part is already clipping.

The usual "correct me if I'm all wrong here" term applies,
Frank