Category: rumbles

Animal Vocalization Analysis: the gPLP

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Acoustics / Audiology / Beluga whale / cepstral / Elephant / Feature extraction / FFT / Frequency mapping / Frequency warping / Fundamental Frequency / gPLP / lion / Nonlinear mapping / rumbles / Spectrum analysis

Prologue: Every now and then one has to release the nerd inside them.  This blog is one of those times.  However,   this venture turned out worse than I had imagined.  So, it might be helpful if I provided some background as to why I delved into this topic. As some of you might have noticed,…

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The Sounds of Africa

Wayne Staab 1 Comment Animals / Audiology / Communication / Country / Elephant / Fundamental Frequency / Hearing / Infrasonic / Infrasound / rumbles / South Africa / South Africa

What Elephants Hear On several occasions, I have had the opportunity to visit Africa, and spending time in the welt and/or savanna is mandatory for this outdoorsman.  I have experienced unbelievable animal activity – off the beaten tracks, but always in the company of a well-trained and armed ranger/tracker.  My latest trip was this past…

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