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- From: gints@roadkill.esd.sgi.com (Gints Klimanis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Audio Questions
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.182125.9914@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 18:21:25 GMT
- References: <1992Jul25.163827.22304@news.iastate.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul25.163827.22304@news.iastate.edu>,
- bryan@pi.eai.iastate.edu (Bryan Manske) writes:
- |> 2. Exactly how do the gain slots (0-255) map to real world db
- |> values?
- |> (linear relationship?)
-
- For current audio hardware, a 6-bit multiplying DAC controls the input
- attenuator. The Audio Library range 0-255 maps into the hardware range
- with 2 left shifts, so changtes in the 2 LSB's of the AL value actually
- yield no hardware level change. Each step in the 6-bit range is 1.5
- decibels. However, when the MDAC is set to value 0, the input gain
- measured relative to the Indigo output level is +15dB.
-
- |> And, I guess, a question from me. I'm assuming 8-bit samples.
- |> Is this correct?
- No way, Jose. You may choose an 8-bit port. But the audio hardware is
- damn close
- to 16-bits.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- Gints Klimanis
-