Re: constraining sample values to [-1,1] during downmixing

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>wrote:

> The downmixing equations in the spec don't preserve the property that all
> sample values are in the range [-1,1]. Are the values supposed to be
> normalized or clamped? Either way, it needs to be added to the spec.
>

They are *only* clamped to be within the range [-1,1] in the final
destination node which feeds the audio hardware.  It's very important that
values be allowed to exceed this nominal range for the other nodes.


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