[sdiy] Measuring THD of a sine wave

Gordonjcp gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Sat Nov 12 10:49:28 CET 2022


On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 02:54:00PM +1100, Paul Perry via Synth-diy wrote:
> THD% isn't the whole of it. For example, a very thin spike at the peaks may
> not add up to much in THD terms, but be very obtrusive indeed in some
> applications (eg LFO). Conversely, it's surprising how much THD there can
> be sometimes with (to me) little or no audible effect.
> 
> paul "cloth ears" perry Melbourne Australia

We don't need to generate 24-bit 192kHz audio if we're listening with 12-bit 32kHz ears.

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Gordonjcp


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