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+;nyquist plug-in
+;version 4
+;type analyze
+;name "RMS"
+;author "Steve Daulton"
+;copyright "Released under terms of the GNU General Public License version 2"
+
+;; Released under terms of the GNU General Public License version 2:
+;; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+;;
+;; For information about writing and modifying Nyquist plug-ins:
+;; https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plug-ins_Reference
+
+(defun stereo-rms(ar)
+  "Stereo RMS is the root mean of all (samples ^ 2) [both channels]"
+  (let ((left-mean-sq (* (aref ar 0)(aref ar 0)))
+        (right-mean-sq (* (aref ar 1)(aref ar 1))))
+    (sqrt (/ (+ left-mean-sq right-mean-sq) 2.0))))
+
+(setf *locale*
+  '(("de" (("Left" "Links")("Right" "Rechts")("Stereo" "Stereo")("Mono" "Mono")("dB" "dB")))
+    ("es" (("Left" "Izquierda") ("Right" "Derecha") ("Stereo" "Estéreo") ("Mono" "Mono")("dB" "dB")))
+    ("fr" (("Left" "Gauche")("Right" "Droite")("Stereo" "Stéréo")("Mono" "Mono")("dB" "dB")))
+    ("ru" (("Left" "Левая")("Right" "Правая")("Stereo" "Стерео")("Mono" "Моно")("dB" "дБ")))))
+
+
+(let ((rms (get '*selection* 'rms)))
+  (if (arrayp rms)
+      (format nil "~a: \t~a ~a~%~
+                  ~a: \t~a ~a~%~
+                  ~a: \t~a ~a"
+                  (_ "Left") (linear-to-db (aref rms 0)) (_ "dB")
+                  (_ "Right") (linear-to-db (aref rms 1)) (_ "dB")
+                  (_ "Stereo") (linear-to-db (stereo-rms rms)) (_ "dB"))
+      (format nil "~a: \t~a ~a" (_ "Mono")(linear-to-db rms)(_ "dB"))))