dbfsamp — Returns the decibel equivalent of the raw amplitude x, relative to full scale amplitude.
Returns the decibel equivalent of the raw amplitude x, relative to full scale amplitude. Full scale is assumed to be 16 bit. New is Csound version 4.10.
Here is an example of the dbfsamp opcode. Play dbfsamp.csd
Example 208. Example of the dbfsamp opcode.
See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.
<CsoundSynthesizer> <CsOptions> ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform -odac ;;;RT audio out ;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if RT audio input is needed too ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below: ; -o dbfsamp.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform </CsOptions> <CsInstruments> sr = 44100 ksmps = 32 nchnls = 2 instr 1 iamp = p4 idb = dbfsamp(iamp) print idb asig vco2 iamp, 110 ;sawtooth outs asig, asig endin </CsInstruments> <CsScore> i 1 0 1 1 i 1 + 1 100 i 1 + 1 1000 i 1 + 1 10000 i 1 + 1 30000 e </CsScore> </CsoundSynthesizer>
Its output should include lines like this:
instr 1: idb = -90.309 instr 1: idb = -50.309 instr 1: idb = -30.309 instr 1: idb = -10.309 instr 1: idb = -0.767