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I have two raw sound streams that I need to add together. For the purposes of this question, we can assume they are the same bitrate and bit depth (say 16 bit sample, 44.1khz sample rate). Obviously if I just add them together I will overflow and underflow my 16 bit space. If I add them together and divide by two, then the volume of each is halved, which isn't correct sonically - if two people are speaking in a room, their voices don't become quieter by half, and a microphone can pick them both up without hitting the limiter. So what's the correct method to add these sounds together in my software mixer? Am I wrong and the correct method is to lower the volume of each by half? Do I need to add a compressor/limiter or some other processing stage to get the volume and mixing effect I'm trying for? -Adam
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