On Wednesday 26 September 2012 23:48:57 Fons Adriaensen did opine: [...]
> All very true. But that's no reason to claim that something that > just looks a bit like a VU meter but behaves *very* differently > actually is a VU meter. Same for the PPMs. No argument here. Most are better than nothing, but still lie like a rug under dynamic conditions. > The code to this correctly has been available and GPL licensed for > 4 or 5 years now (jmeters), so there's no excuse. I wasn't aware of that bit of code, thanks Fons. Now that I've been retired for over a decade, lots of that stuff goes right on by I'm sorry to say. What does it use for its A/D converter? Not all audio cards have sufficient depth to pull that off w/o the converter showing what a POC it is if the input level is off 3 to 6 db from ideal. My audigy2 value I would call just usable with its 24 bit range. > Ciao, Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Now I lay me down to sleep I hear the sirens in the street All my dreams are made of chrome I have no way to get back home -- Tom Waits _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
