| ▲ | ajuc 7 months ago | |
Logarithmic scale aligns with human experience. OP isn't criticizing logarithmic scale in general but dB in particular. If dB in particular aligned well with human experience - volume knobs would be labeled with dB values instead of 1-11. | ||
| ▲ | rectang 7 months ago | parent [-] | |
A properly designed volume control affects the sound power output logarithmically, but is labeled linearly (with 1-11 or 0-1 or something like that) to reflect how humans perceive the effect. People in the field get this wrong all the time — for instance, the volume control on ChromeOS appears to be a linear multiplier, yielding a control with huge perceived steps in the output between 0 and 3, and negligible perceived change in the output between 7 and 10. I suspect that the confusing design of the dB contributes towards how often such mistakes get made. | ||