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#X obj 8 10 mtof;
-#X obj 15 217 mtof;
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#X obj 196 11 rmstodb;
#X obj 275 11 dbtopow;
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+#X obj 278 338 dbtopow;
+#X obj 278 390 powtodb;
+#X text 23 245 Finally \, dbtopow and powtodb convert decibels to and
+from power units \, equal to the square of the "RMS" amplitude.;
+#X text 304 448 updated for pd version 0.40.;
#X text 21 53 The mtof object transposes a midi value into a frequency
in Hertz \, so that "69" goes to "440". You can specify microtonal
pitches as in "69.5" (a quarter tone higher than 69). Ftom does the
-reverse.;
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-#X text 27 336 Overflows and underflows are clipped.;
-#X text 300 376 updated for pd version 0.33;
+reverse. A frequency of zero Hertz is given a MIDI value of -1500 (strictly
+speaking \, it is negative infinity.);
+#X text 22 149 The dbtorms and rmstodb objects convert from decibels
+to linear ("RMS") amplitude \, so that 100 dB corresponds to an "RMS"
+of 1 Zero amplitude (strictly speaking \, minus infinity dB) is clipped
+to zero dB \, and zero dB \, which should correspond to 1e-04 in "RMS"
+\, is instead rounded down to zero.;
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