Termlab Oscope question...

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

How accurate is it? Is it actually able to read clipping just just through the microphone? Thing is we use Oscopes at my job and we always have to have the RF input's hooked up to the source load to be able to see waveshapes to read them... The crazy thing is we were able to crank my gains to full tilt and there still showed no clipping on the sine wave on the termlab's oscope, the waveform did change between different gain settings, but no obvious clipping.

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[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

I don't think its that accurate....

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

How is it even possible to be able to read an electrical signal through a microphone though, thats what gets me? I know a microphone/reciever antenna can recieve the sound waves then convert them to digital information but would'nt that result in substantial loss/distortion, and even then why was it not showin any clipping?

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

No opinions from anyone else?

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

Its just reading the audio signal, not the electronic signal.

Because the audio waves are passing through air and bouncing off numerous surfaces, you wont get a true picture of a pure waveform, too much interference.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

It also won't look like a square wave like you're expecting because it's not possible to reproduce one with a speaker -- physics won't allow it as you would need an infinite amount of acceleration to bring the speaker to a stop and hold instantly with no overshoot.