Re: [linux-audio-dev] power computation

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] power computation
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: pe maalis 03 2000 - 08:31:13 EST


>example : 4+3=7, sqrt (4*4+3*3) = sqrt(25)=5
>(just because (a+b)(a+b) = a*a + b*b .... +2*a*b.

duh. blush. hide.

to think i was the one of the best math students in my high school ... :)

>Just remember, too, that another way to get the rmspower is to have the
>module (absolute value, talking of complex numbers) of the continuous
>component of the FFT of the signal squared. (Just for MP3 which is in the
>frequency domain, for ex.)
>
>if f is the signal, F = fft(f), rmspower = |F(0)|²

hmm. compute the fft for 26 channels at 96 or even 48kHz in real time?
i don't think so ...


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