Steve Harris wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 09:12:22 +0100, Bob Ham wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 15:38, Steve Harris wrote: > > > I know a VU meter in a PCM system is about as much use as an underwater > > > hairdryer > > > > I don't know. Why is useless? :) > > Because vu meters only give you an idea of the average amplitude over a > fairly long time, and say nothing about peaks, so there no good for > detecting 'overs' in digital systems. > > However if you're using jack to feed 1/2" tape or broadcast FM then the're > possibly useful. > > Hands up all those who record to multitrack analogue tape ;)
there's more of us than you might think. in fact, we are everywhere. HARHARHARHARHAR. (still, vu meters wouldn't make sense inside a pcm system.) -- J�rn Nettingsmeier Kurf�rstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ (Linux Audio Developers)
