Limiting intersample peaks
John Rigg <[email protected]>
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I think it would be useful if the limiter sidechain in Jamin could detect intersample peaks. Many commercially released CDs are full of these, and since most DACs will clip when dealing with them it's one of the reasons why loud CDs often sound so bad. The (ex-Sony) Oxford limiter plugin uses interpolation to detect intersample peaks, as does the recently released SSL peak meter plugin. For those unfamiliar with the problem, this forum thread shows some diagrams that describe it: http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/20816/0/ Is this suggestion impractical? It would obviously increase CPU load, but OTOH the interpolating algorithm wouldn't need to be as high quality as one used for SRC, as long as it could detect the peak level well enough. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/