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Topic: [Pointless: TOS #5] From: Can SoX handle float file with volume over 0 (Read 908 times) previous topic - next topic
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[Pointless: TOS #5] From: Can SoX handle float file with volume over 0

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Ok, after reading a bit more the manual and that, the options that sox offer to prevent clipping are in the context of effects/switches (so, the result). In any case, above full scale is always clipped, and the options either advise about the clipping, or apply a gain when it sees it will clip.

But that means that, if I wanted to decode an MP3 file with sox (and apply whatever effect i wanted), the origin will probably be already clipped if it is not mp3gained. (I hope this example is more real than the "float with above full scale values" situation).

Feels strange... it's a bit misleading to have options to operate in float, but not have the benefits of what float means.

it is so complicated.