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Dumb question

Date1999-02-13 00:02
FromJavier Ruiz
SubjectDumb question
Dear all,
If I am not wrong, several opcodes, like oscil, ask the amplitude parameter
to be in the 0-32767(32768?) range. 
And I wonder if this is assuming that the final audio will be in 16 bits
integer.
Is this a souvenir from a recent past?
Maybe all these opcodes should ask for a normalized -1..1 value.

Is this a stupid matter or is just the fact that I live midway between New
York and Berlin in the Atlantic Ocean on a tiny island with absolutely no
computer music books in its libraries?

Gracias por vuestro saber.