Re: [Protux-devel] compressor/normalization filter and peakValues?

[Luciano Giordana]

> Do we need peak information for the compressor/normalization filter?
> If so, do we use the peakbuffer to calculate/determine the highest peak?
> And, how precise should it be? (for example peaks from a 16 bit audio
> sample is stored as a char (8 bit), using the peakvalue from peakbuffer is
> thus less acurate)
> If peakbuffer is meant to be used for this filters, is 16 bits ok for all
> bit depth's supported (16-24 en 32 bits?)

No at all ! Peaks are just visual information, used for nothing more, nothing 
less. Filters
must always use the real audio information.