Introduction to Spectral Analysis Phil Lockett Centre College KAPT meeting March 16, 2013
Any Time Signal can be represented by Sums of Cosines and Sines The signal can be represented in either the Time Domain or Frequency Domain
Time DomainFrequency Domain
PRAAT
Spectrogram is the Frequency Spectrum as a function of Time Time Frequency
Chirp
Tuning Fork Time Signal
Tuning Fork Frequency Spectrum /s /s
0.12 time (sec) 10k Hz dBnV time (sec)0.12 AEP Sound input (nuthatch ‘quank’) Spectrogram of AEP Jeff Lucas - Purdue
[A] [i] [u]
Vowel Formant Average Spectrograms
Me saying “ee”
Vocal Fold Harmonics: 1 – Hz 2 – Hz skip to 20 – 2544 Hz Power Spectrum for “ee”
“ee”“ah”
“schwa” [ə]orThe Vowel
Use “schwa” Frequencies to measure Vocal Tract Length By Modeling Vocal Tract as Uniform Tube