Brain Dump

Band Analysis

Tags
speech-processing

Refers to how we can [see page 9, alter] the time/frequency resolution to better analyse what we're interested in, for example when running a fourier-transform.

See the graphical example [see page 10, here].

Narrowband analysis

We have a larger number of samples (increase the analysis frame \(N\)).

This:

  • Decreases the spacing between spectral components.
  • Reduces the ability to respond to changes in the signal.

However it gives:

AffectMeaning
Good spectral analysisGives a good overview of important sections of the spectrogram.
Poor time resolutionHarmonics can move so fast that they don't appear at expected spacing.

Wideband Analysis

We have a less samples (decrease the analysis frame \(N\)).

This:

  • Increases the spacing between the spectral components.
  • Increases the ability to respond to changes in the signal.
Poor spectral resolution, high temporal resolution.
AffectMeaning
Good Time ResolutionGives a lot of fine detail in how the frequency changes over time.
Poor Spectral ResolutionBlurs frequency along the x-axis making it hard to get an overview high level change.