[LAD] Clipping outputs

2010-08-19 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Hi guys, Is it necc. for me to clamp my audio outputs to [-1.0, 1.0]? Somewhere I got it in my head that I need to clip my output signal (float*) to the range [-1.0, 1.0] before sending my audio signals downstream. However, this is a big time waster. When I review other projects for

Re: [LAD] Clipping outputs

2010-08-19 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Arnold Krille wrote: No, just send your data out as is. The [-1, 1] limit only applies for jack when the float audio is converted Thank you! You should keep in mind that your app sounds better when it stays within [-1, 1] under normal circumstances. But you don't

Re: [LAD] Clipping outputs

2010-08-19 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Arnold Krille wrote: No, just send your data out as is. The [-1, 1] limit only applies for jack when the float audio is converted to whatever bitdepth-integer your soundcard uses. Not just Jack, any code path where float data is converted to a finite width integer. Regardless of where the