* Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2020-04-21 16:49]: > On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:28:18 +0200 > "Peter P." <peterparker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >* Atte Jensen <atte.jensen@xxxxxxxxx> [2020-04-21 16:20]: > >> Thanks, that seems to be just perfect! > >> > >> Always running dev stuff in a separate corner of my hard disk :-) > >> > >> It seems I should stop using normalize-audio and go with my brand new > >> python wrapper of the above... > >Yes, especially when considering the manifold processing algorithms and > >file format conversions built into SoX. > > > >cheers, P > > Just an aside here. I'm in contact with a number of people who who work in > digital recording extensively. Their recommendation is that you should regard > your peak level as at least -3dB due to the potential of inter-sample > peaks. With the headroom available from even 16bit audio, you can go down to > -10dB and still not have any noise issues. To really appreciate this check here: > > https://www.soundonsound.com/people/mike-skeet-media Good point Will! Seems like this is a more original source https://service.tcgroup.tc/media/Level_paper_AES109%281%29.pdf (See 5.2) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
