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Manual Reference Pages  - TONE (1)

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NAME

tone - generate a pure tone.

CONTENTS

Syntax
Description
Options
Examples
Copyright

tone [options]

Generate samples of a sine wave at a given sample rate. Specify wave amplitude, and frequency (in Hz or kHz), or alternatively period (in s, ms, or p (sample points) ). If both period and frequency are specified, then the given period takes precedence. If S is the given samplerate so that Ts=1/S is the sample interval, and phi is the given phase (in samples or time units), then each sample of a sine wave of frequency f [Hz] is given by:

        sin( TWOPI.f ( n.Ts + phi ) ) ,  n = 0,1,2,...

Write samples to the stdout in the given datatype for the given waveform duration.

1. period, frequency

The frequency (in Hz or kHz) and the period (in s, ms, or p (sample points) ) of the output waveform. Either may be specified, but if both period and frequency are specified, then the given period takes precedence.

2. amplitude

The amplitude of the output waveform.

3. phase

The phase offset of the output sine wave with respect to the origin. This may be specified as a time (with units s or ms) or as a number of samples (with units p or no units), or in degrees (with units deg), or the following strings are recognised (and may be abbreviated provided this is unambiguous): sine (0 phase offset), cosine (1/4 cycle phase offset), antisine (1/2 cycle phase offset), anticosine (3/4 cycle phase offset).

4. type

The datatype of the output waveform. The following strings are recognised types: char, short, int, float, double, ascii (meaning one ascii number per line).

1. Sine wave with period 10ms sampled at 10kHz, (100 sample points per period)

            tone period=10ms samplerate=10kHz

2. Sine wave with frequency 100Hz sampled at 20kHz

            tone frequency=100Hz

3. Sine wave with period 100 sample points, with dc-offset set equal to amplitude of 500 so that waveform is just non-negative.

            tone period=100p amplitude=500 offset=500

4. Quarter cycle of a sine wave with 8ms period.

            tone period=8ms duration=2ms

5. Cosine wave with 8ms period.

            tone period=8ms phase=cos

This is equivalent to:

            tone period=8ms phase=2ms

options ptrain

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