| thanks richard,
i was confused by the appearance of base frequency in sndinfo documentation
in the manual. you have cleared that up.
tolve
>I can't answer for the ppc as such, but sndinfo elsewhere simply reports
>essential information form the file header - srate, duration, nchans, etc.
>The acoustic character of the file can only be ascertained by analysis and
>listening. It is possible for the header to include information about the
>'base frequency', which is for the benefit of samplers, and identifies the
>key to which to assign the data for non-transposed playback. This info is
>entered directly by the user, given the appropriate software, and does not
>arise from any automatic analysis of the data. Indeed, even when Base Freq is
>set in the header, there is no guarantee that it accurately reflects the data
>at all!
>
>Richard Dobson
>
>tolve wrote:
>
>> concerned that subsonic sideband frequencies that result from fm might
>> damage speakers. tried to check out some files with sndinfo, but base Frq
>> doesn't show up in the report on ppc running csound 3.48. how do i
>> ascertain lowest frequency?
>>
>> tolve
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