I hate dentist drills. I second that. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Martin Peach <martin.pe...@sympatico.ca>wrote:
> On 2011-08-23 18:25, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > >> Do you mean: >> [osc~ some-frequency] >> | >> [*~ 5555] >> >> ? >> >> > I don't think so. 5555Hz is around dentist drill frequency, so it hurts ;). > Your dac can never go above one no matter what you feed it, while the > perceived loudness of a loud sound varies according to its harmonic content. > So I guess it's somewhat subjective what sound source gives the loudest > apparent output. An [osc~] multiplied by 5555 will sound louder but it won't > actually be louder than an osc multiplied by one (the amplitude at the > output will still be between 1 and -1). > The idea is to set the master volume so that the loudest sound you can make > will not break anything, whether speakers or ears or inner peace. The > easiest way to do that is to play the loudest sound first and adjust the > volume so that it's loud but not too loud. Then everything else you do will > be quieter than that. > > Martin > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ------------ >> *From:* tim vets <timv...@gmail.com> >> >> *To:* Martin <martin.pe...@sympatico.ca> >> *Cc:* pd-list@iem.at >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:13 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [PD] making puredata headphone-safe >> >> >> >> 2011/8/23 Martin <martin.pe...@sympatico.ca >> <mailto:martin.peach@**sympatico.ca <martin.pe...@sympatico.ca>>> >> >> >> On 23/08/11 03:29 PM, Stephen Lavelle wrote: >> >> I've managed to hurt my ears twice over the past two days >> when using PD w/ headphones. Even at lowest system volumes, >> it seems that Terrible Things can happen. Are there any >> precautions that I can take to make it feel less like I'm >> taking my life into my hands when I have to use headphones? >> >> >> >> >> Try making a [noise~] connected directly to a [dac~] and set the >> headphone volume so you can live with that. Nothing will ever be >> louder than that. >> >> Martin >> >> [osc~ 5555] may not be louder than [noise~], but definitely more >> painful...no? >> >> ______________________________**___________________ >> Pd-list@iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@iem.at> mailing list >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> >> http://lists.puredata.info/__**listinfo/pd-list<http://lists.puredata.info/__listinfo/pd-list> >> >> <http://lists.puredata.info/**listinfo/pd-list<http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >> > >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Pd-list@iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@iem.at> mailing list >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> >> http://lists.puredata.info/**listinfo/pd-list<http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Pd-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/** >> listinfo/pd-list <http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/** > listinfo/pd-list <http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> > -- Pedro Lopes (HCI Researcher / MSc) contact: pedro.lo...@ist.utl.pt website: http://web.ist.utl.pt/Pedro.Lopes / http://pedrolopesresearch.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/plopesresearch
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