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Lets simplify this discussion.

If the software renders the output shown on the scope, fine! That is what people will get.

How useful is that?

The case you made, which is to beat back misconceptions about what the output will be, is a good one. I do not disagree. Then again, just sharing that video does a very similar thing.

I do however think that display and UX would / could be more complex and would not actually get anyone anything new.

In my case, after learning the things presented in that video, I first used my scope, which is actually very similar, if not identical to the one in the video, to play with some signals and explore performance on various devices,circuits and code I found of interest.

Then what?

From an audio editing POV?

Nothing, other than I understand where seeing sample data breaks down in terms of what will be output and heard. That is nice, and seeing it would be nice too, but unnecessary.

Now, when building my own stuff, knowing what to expect is just as nice. I can hook up a scope and validate it.

It does make me wonder about the inverse questions! My square wave is a mess!

Despite fancy rendering and interpolation we may well be back to sharing the video.



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