On Sat, 04 Aug 2018 14:11:37 -0400, Flasherly
wrote:

(I like it for when mixing processed signals for it's
part as an oversamped reference signal.)

After using a compressor and EQ unit -- even though it wouldn't be
exactly inconsiderable not to go back, this new dimension of TOSLINK,
an external computer hardware derived source, processing optical
audio-band PCM wavelengths -- well, that's something I wouldn't care
to. I expand, rather than compress, on the base audio analogue
signal: Quieter passages therefore are boost-amplified (it's a DBX
brand name compressor/expander). The trade-off and byproduct is
higher-frequency noise, conditional when misaligned through infinitely
variable thresholds (amplification on detected signal threshold), to
of course include the sum EQ output. The PCM sample rate, however,
several times over CD audio quality, is a nice reference for first
establishing, then adding added EQ frequency under a higher
compression-threshold floor (stronger signals do not receive further
amplification). A power outage would have been a nothing short of a
shame, had I lost this old- and new-school mixing aspect, because of a
$1 USB source killed the TOSLINK analogue conversion unit. I'm
relieved, thankful, back up and dialed back and in;- hardly any lost
time to continue an approach to seminal influences evident within Lou
Reed's 70's recordings.