Category: Spectrum analysis

The Sounds of Africa – Leopard

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Audiology / Communication / Hyena / Infrasonic / Kudu / Leopard / lion / roar / South Africa / South Africa / Spectrum / Spectrum analysis / Wave form

  Leopard Communication The Leopard is the largest spotted cat in Africa, and a powerful symbol of the wild places of earth: it is solitary, beautiful, graceful, strong, agile, and cunning.  Leopards are heavier and more strongly built than cheetahs, but still one third the size of lions.  Their spots are dark rosettes with a…

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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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