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Re: [L-OT]Should you always Normalize?

2002-02-22 by monsdrum

Hendrik wrote:
> [5 minutes later]  OK, I just did a simple experiment: take an 
audio 
> file and draw 2 humps in it, one going up to 10% and the other to 
> 20%.  Select and normalize.  The result is 2 humps at 50% and 100%. 
> So yes, there's definitely some sort of multiplication involved.  
The 
> same result can't be achieved by whichever kind of addition...

... and furthermore, Spectro also wrote:
> No, They *are* multiplied. Adding a value will offset the waveform.

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OK, I stand corrected. Sorry for spewing out wrong info. At least it 
serves to my defense, that I actually felt pretty convinced I was 
right.

It never stops; you learn something new every day!

regards

monsdrum

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