Yusuke Flashcards
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What are the four sub-disciplines included in communication acoustics?
- Electro-acoustics and audio/speech signal processing
- Speech science and linguistics
- Human auditory perception
- Psychology of hearing (psychoacoustics)
What two electrical components does a sound signal consist of?
- DC (constant value; 0Hz)
- AC (sine wave of various frequencies)
When we analyse a sound signal, what is important to know?
It is important to know the amount of each frequency component in the signal
What is the amount of power usually measured by?
It is usually measured by the rms of amplitude
What are the two forms of a sound signal? And what are their domains?
- Waveform (ie time domain)
- Spectrum (ie frequency domain)
What are the two types of spectra in a sound signal? And what do they consist of?
- Amplitude spectrum (shows amplitude of sine waves at each frequency
- Phase spectrum (shows the phase of sine waves at each frequency (between -pi and pi))
What is the mathematical tool that derives the spectrum from the wave form, vice versa?
- Fourier analysis
What is the spectrum of a signal defined as mathematically? And what do we look at?
It ranges from -inf to inf. we look at f>0Hz
What are the frequency ranges for infrasound, audio sound and ultra sound?
Infra: <20Hz
Audio: 20-20kHz
Ultra: >20kHz
What frequency range can humans hear?
20Hz - 20kHz
What do we use an oscilloscope for?
To visualise the sounds waveform
What does digital mean in terms of signal processing and what are the two forms it is discretised in and what are their names? Draw a diagram to aid
Digital signal = analogue signal disretised in time (sampling) and value (quantisation). Diagram with sampling period and quantisation width lines for an analogue signal converted to digital
What is sampling a process of?
Converting a signal from continuous-time to discrete-time domain
What is the Shannon Sampling Theorem?
Continuous time signals with frequencies no higher than fmax can be reconstructed perfectly from its discrete-time signal if samples are taken at fs>2fmax
What is the nyquist rate?
Minimum sampling frequency to avoid aliasing (2fmax)
What is aliasing?
It is when spectral components (ie frequencies) above fs/2 are folded back
What is an anti-aliasing filter for?
It filters out the spectral components above fs/2. Often a low-pass filter
What is over-sampling?
Sampling at above the Nyquist rate
Why do we oversample instead of samplying at the nyquist frequency?
Because of limited roll-off (steepness) of the anti-aliasing filter
What is quantisation and what is assigned to each level of quantisation to acquire a completely digital signal
Discretisation of a signals value (amplitude)
What is pulse code modulation (PCM)? What two things does it apply?
It is a technique which expresses a signals values by a set of binary codes. It applies sampling and quantisation
What is quantisation noise? What determines resolution? What is the tradeoff?
Approximation of signal level by discretised values causes quantisation noise. Number of quantisation levels determines resolution. More levels means good resolution but more number of bits -> more memory.
What is the minimum sampling frequency for most acoustical applications and why?
Since audible frequency range is 20Hz - 20kHz, fs is >44.1kHz for most acoustical applications
What is the minimum sufficient resolution to cover dynamic range of human auditory system?
16bit