Subject:Bits label in waveform display

Posted by: gband

Date:8/7/2008 6:17:10 AM

Is there a way to display the number of 'bits' a sample is in the waveform display? I can only find a way to change the lable from % or dB. I use SF to analyze sound files for some electrical design work and this feature would be extremely useful.
Thanks,
Greg

Subject:RE: Bits label in waveform display

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:8/7/2008 11:24:39 AM

Seems like it should be easy enough to figure out. If the file is 16 bits, then a peak at 50% is using 15 bits, at 25% it's using 14 bits, at 12.5% it's using 13 bits, at 6.25% it's using 12 bits, etc.

Subject:RE: Bits label in waveform display

Reply by: rraud

Date:8/7/2008 11:41:51 AM

Yeah (@16 bit) 1bit loss for every 6db from 0dBFS