On Sunday 10 May 2009 01:50:19 Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > Hi, Fons! > > > > Will you be so kind to point me to publically available explanation of > > k14/k20 sense/motivation? > > There is a link to Bob Katz' pages in the README. The page itself hasn't any level-related refs. I have tried to register, but was not lucky. Nevertheless... > The K-meters indicate two values: an RMS one (the > coloured bar), and digital peak value (the white > dot). These are two independent values: the dot > is *not* the peak value of the bar as it is with > most meters. They will indicate the same value > for a continuous sine wave. > > For typical music signals the peak indication will > be higher than the RMS one, and that is why the dB > scale (which applies to the RMS indication) is offset. > The only difference between the k20 and k14 meters is > this offset of the scale, they are the same meter > otherwise. > > The k14 is used for music that is compressed, so it > can have a lower peak/RMS ratio, and thus a higher > average RMS level. ...your explanation is sufficient for me now. Fons, thanks! Andrew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
