Re: [SoX-users] stats: reporting separate Flat factor for min/max

[Eric W. <nor...@yh...>]

Rob Sykes <aq...@ya...> wrote:
> Eric Wong <nor...@yh...> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all, I've noticed "Flat factor" in the stats output combines the
> > min/max run counts into one statistic.
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be more useful to separate them into two statistics?
> > 
> > "Flat factor (min)" and "Flat factor (max)"
> > 
> > When adding gain/compressing/limiting my recordings, I don't think I
> > need to care about min_runs at all, right?
> 
> IIRC, min is the largest magnitude negative values. So one would
> normally expect the flatness for min and max to be similar values
> (unless there is a DC offset, which is indicated in another stats
> line). So, maybe I'm missing something, but I cant see a great need to
> show both.

Ah, I made the mistake of thinking min would be the quietest point.
Now it makes sens to me :) Thank you for the response.