Phil Keller wrote: > The peak detector is what I described, without knowing what it was > called. It is sufficient for what I need. (This is not precision, just > an indication of relative volume level.) My problem is before that. I > need to be able to translate an audio signal that is referenced to audio > ground to a signal with its reference to digital ground without > connecting the grounds together. Why do you not want to (or why can't you) connect e.g. a PIC's ground to the analog reference ground? Depending on what you want to achieve, the ways to do it will be different. Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist