Audio/Acoustics

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A

absolute pitch (ger. Absolutes Gehör)
absolute pitch is the ability to identify the note (frequency) of a clear sine tone without an external reference.
  • Note 1: the allowed variance has to be defined.
  • Note 2: mostly a note is identified not a frequency value.
adaptation (ger. Adaptation).

B

Bandwidth, (nominal bandwidth)
The nominal bandwidth of a filter is given by the difference between the upper and the lower cut-off-frequency. This difference may be expressed ...
  1. in Hertz
  2. as percentage of the center frequency of the pass-band
  3. as the interval defined by the upper and lower cut-off-frequency in octaves (i.e. 1 octave, 1/3 octave)
Remark: for more definitions see also USA Standard Method for Specifying the Characteristics of Analyzers Used for the Analysis of Sounds and Vibrations, Z24.15-1955


Band power level
The band power level of a sound for a specific wave band is the sound power level of a sound which passes a limited band.

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F

forward masking (ger. Nachverdeckung)
see also "masking".

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N

Neper (Np) (ger. Neper)
A unit used to express ratios, such as gain, loss, and relative values.
  • Note 1: The neper is analogous to the decibel, except that the Naperian base e (2.718281828...) is used in computing the ratio in nepers.
  • Note 2: The value in nepers, Np, is given by Np = ln(x1/x2), where x1 and x2 are the values of interest, and ln is the natural logarithm, i.e., logarithm to the base e.
  • Note 3: One neper (Np) = 8.686 dB, where 8.686 = 20/(ln 10).
  • Note 4: One dezibel (dB) = 0.1151 Np, where 0.1151 = ln(10)/20.
  • Note 5: The neper is often used to express voltage and current ratios, whereas the decibel is usually used to express power ratios.
  • Note 6: Like the dB, the Np is a dimensionless unit.
  • Note 7: The ITU recognizes both units.
Nominal bandwidth
See Bandwidth

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R

reverberation (ger. Nachhall)
Reverberation is all sound due to reflexions measured in a closed system (room) after the sound source has stopped activity.
reverberation time (ger. Nachhallzeit)
The reverberation time is defined as the time needed the sound level reaches -60dB of average active sound level after stopping the sound source.

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Literaturhinweise

  • [ANSI] American National Standard Psychoacoustical Terminology (1973): ANSI S3.20-1973; Approved December 5, 1973; American National Standard Institute, Inc.
  • [YOST] Yost, William A. & Donald W. Nielsen (1977): Fundamentals of Hearing. An Introduction. Holt, Rinehart and Winston; New York.