Topic:  Science of Sound

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%ALCONS 1/f noise 7.1
A
absorption acoustic acoustic absorbers
acoustic amplifier acoustic diffusers acoustic distortion
acoustic echo chamber acoustic feedback acoustic phase law
acoustic reflectors acoustic treatments acoustical
acoustical absorption acoustics acoustooptics
adaptive delta modulation adaptive differential pulse code modulation adaptive spectral perceptual entropy coding
adaptive transform acoustic coding ADM ADPCM
advanced audio coding AF
{Sound}		 AIFC
AIFF AIFF-C ALCONS
alias frequency aliasing
{Sound}		 Allison Effect
{Acoustics}
ambiance ambient field ambient noise
ambient sound(s) amplitude amplitude, peak
amplitude distortion analytical listening anechoic
anti-aliasing
{Sound}		 AO
{Acoustics}		 ASIO
ASPEC asperity noise asymmetrical response
atmos
{UK}		 atmosphere
{Audio}		 ATRAC
attack
{Acoustics}		 attenuate
{Acoustic}		 attenuation
audible spectrum audio audio coding 3
audio compression audio frequencies audio frequency bands
audio interchange file format audio interchange file format compressed audio stream input/output
auditory filter aural aural architecture
auricle axial mode
{Acoustics}		 azure noise
B
backward masking balanced
{Audio Aesthetics}		 bass, low
bass, upper BCC
{Audio Compression}		 beat frequency
binaural cue coding
{Audio Compression}		 black noise blending
blue noise breathing
{Sound}		 brown noise
burst noise BW
{Sound}
C
cancellation CD quality chamber
chiff chorus(ing)
{Recording}		 closeness
"cocktail party effect" comb-filter effect common-mode signal
complex wave compression
{Acoustics}		 compression
{Audio}
cone of confusion
{Hearing}		 constructive interference critical band
{Psychoacoustics}
critical distance
D
D50 (%)
{Intelligibility}		 data compression Dc
{Sound}
dead spot decay
{Sound Envelope}		 decay, initial
{Acoustics}
definition
{Sound}		 destructive interference diffraction
{Acoustics}
diffuser
{Sound}		 diffusion
{Sound}		 direct sound
{Acoustics}
distortion
{Audio}		 dither doppler effect
doubling
{Recording}		 dynamic range
{Sound}		 dynamics
E
early reflections
{Acoustics}		 echo
F
far (sound) field fat fidelity
flicker noise flutter echo
{Acoustics}		 formant
forward masking free (sound) field frequency
{Sound}
frequency discrimination frequency range fricative
{Phonology}
G
golden section granulation noise gray noise
green noise
H
Haas Effect harmonic headroom
{Sound}
high-passed TPDF hiss "hyped" sound
I
ideal room dimensions image
{Sound}		 incident sound
{Acoustics}
initial decay
{Acoustics}		 intensity
{Acoustics}		 interference
{Audio}
intMDCT
{Audio Compression}		 inverse square law isolation
J
jitter jitter timing error
L
linear distortion linear PCM linear pulse code modulation
linear response linearity
{Audio}		 localization
{Sound}
lossless compression lossy compression low bass (frequencies)
LPCM
M
mask(ing)
{Psychoacoustics}		 masking pattern adapted universal sub-band integrated coding and multiplexing MDCT
{Audio Compression}
midrange (frequencies) midrange (frequencies), upper modal
{Acoustics}
modes modified discrete cosine transform
{Audio Compression}		 MPEG-2
MPEG-4 structured audio multiple echo MUSICAM
N
narrow-band noise near (sound) field noise
{Audio}
noise colors noise criterion curves noise dose
noise exposure limits noise figure noise floor
noise masking
{Acoustics}		 noise measurement filters noise reduction coefficient
noise shaping nonlinear
{Response}		 nonlinear distortion
non-lossy notch
{Audio}		 NRC
O
oblique mode
{Acoustics}		 orange noise out of phase
overdrive oversampling overtone
P
parametric audio coding
{Audio Compression}		 partial (tone) PCM
peak amplitude perceptual coding period
phase phase addition phase cancellation
phase distortion phase distortion synthesis phase interference
phase linear phase reversal phase shift
phasing phat sound pink noise
pinna plosive
{Linguistics}		 polarity reversal
polyphony portamento power spectral density
{Physics}
precedence effect pre-echo presence frequencies
program equalization propagation PSD
psychoacoustics pulse code modulation pulse wave modulation
pulse width modulation punch
{Sound}		 pure tone
pure waveform purple noise
Q
quantization quantization distortion quantization error
quantization level quantization noise quantize
quantizing increments quantizing levels
R
ramp wave(form) random phase rarefaction
{Acoustics}
RC rating red noise reflected sound
reflection
{Acoustics}		 reflector
{Acoustics}		 release
{Acoustics}
repeat echo resonance
{Acoustics}		 resonant
resonate reverb reverb time contour
reverberant field reverberation reverberation envelope
{Acoustics}
room criteria rating room modes
{Acoustics}		 room ratios
{Acoustics}
round sound
S
SAC SAMPA sample and hold
sampling theorem sawtooth wave(form) shaped triangular TPDF
sibilance sibilant SIL
sine wave(form) slap(back) slap echo
slapback echo sound sound absorption coefficient
sound envelope sound fields sound intensity
sound pressure level sound pressure wave sound quality
{Acoustics}
sound shadow
{Acoustics}		 sound source sound wave
space echo speech assessment methods phonetic alphabet speech interference level
spirant square wave(form) staircasing
standing wave stochastic resonance
{Recording}		 sustain
{Acoustics}
T
tangential mode
{Acoustics}		 temporal masking thermal noise
throb
{Acoustics}		 tight sound timbre
{Acoustics}
timbre
{Measurement}		 tonal balance tone color
tone quality TPDF treble (frequencies)
triangular dither triangular probability density function triangular wave(form)
truncate tuned cavity turnover frequency
U
ultraharmonic response undersampling underwater acoustics
upper bass (frequencies) upper midrange (frequencies)
V
violet noise virtual free field volume envelope
{Acoustics}
W
wave waveform wavelength
waveshape white noise wide band noise
Z
zipper noise

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