[sdiy] Wavetable info

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Wavetable info
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 02:07:12 -0600
Message-ID: <BC193150.53F%grichter at asapnet.net>

> > 
> > The Mini-Wave, Waveform City, Doepfer A-112 sample playback module use a
> > straight uncompressed 256 byte / 8 bit sample. For the sake of simplicity,
> > this corresponds to a sample time of 5.8 mS at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz.
> 
> Note that 5.8 mS corresponds to one full cycle of a waveform sampled at
> 172.26 Hz which is about 20 cents below F below middle C (~174 Hz).

Hang on a minute!

5,8 milisiemens, it is rarely that we see this unit in use. Often we see stuff
like 5,8 mmho, 5,8 m(ohm)^-1 etc.

... or did you intend to say 5,8 ms as in 5,8 miliseconds? Yeap, that must be
it, since you seem to be discussing time and frequency.

So, what am I trying to point out? You cant choose between capital and normal
letters as you feel like, they have different meenings. This is important for
both the units themselfs as well as the prefixes. For instance, a k means the
kilo prefix, where as K means Kelvin.

It is a specific point behind this. We have an agreed languague on how to
convey quantitative information like measures and the units they are made in.
By caring about the quality of how we convey this, we ensure that we minimize
missunderstandings.

Cheers,
Magnus - nitpicking on the first day of the year...