[sdiy] Measuring THD of a sine wave

[Doug Jackson]

Or 10 bit 3khz ears :-)

On Sat, 12 Nov 2022, 8:51 pm Gordonjcp, <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Gordonjcp
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