[Mike Rivers]

On 10/26/2010 4:06 PM, Jay Ts wrote:

I disagree with all of that.

Is that all you have to say on the subject?


I do remember some discussion about a "wave file from hell,"

Thanks for the link to the discussion. Now I remember it.
Your waveform links are all dead, so I couldn't see what you
were talking about, but I remember thinking when I was
browsing it (I usually lose interest in a thread pretty fast
when it becomes an argument between two people) that this
Waveform from Hell was a contrived demonstration of a well
known issue with D/A converters. One can learn two valuable
lessons from it. One is that inter-sample overload can
occur, and the other is how to avoid it.

So I stand my my statement that the "problem" is fully
within the control of the user. Just set the level correctly
and everything will be fine. Special case waveforms (which
don't really occur in music) need special care, but the
problem can be demonstrated even with sine waves.



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