Talk:Mu-law algorithm
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This article should be called "μ-law algorithm" with a lower-case μ. Unfortunately, the software currently prevents this, capitalizing the mu. Capital mu looks just like "M", which just looks wrong. -- Karada 23:19, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
- I changed it to "Mu-law algorithm", because a capital mu is evil. Not only does it look dumb, it isn't obvious to most people that it's a mu and not the Latin letter M. And nobody calls it M-law. - furrykef (Talk at me) 14:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Graph/legend and text inconsistency
"Comparison with A-law: A special feature ... near zero sound pressure...": this is not expected from the analytical expression of F, and not visible on the graph (does it occur at a level below -80 dB ? In this case, a proper scaling of the axis should display the difference between A and Mu laws).
In addition, the green line on the graph is not "A-law", but "No companding"... --Dgcrete 12:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- I fixed the graph. Regarding the "special feature near zero" - this statement is false (assuming there is no mistake in the formulae). Near zero, the mu-law and A-law formulae differ only by a constant multiplier. This is because as x goes to zero, ln(1+x) becomes the same as x, hence the top halves of the Mu-law and A-law equations become the same. The same is true for the for the quantized versions of the equations.
- I will remove the "special feature near zero" comment.
- I've also added quantized points to the graph
- Ozhiker 22:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
