aud.decaytime

The decay phase detected using the 'Decays' option in aud.events can offer some timbral characterizations. One simple way of describing the decay phase consists in estimating its temporal duration.

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aud.decaytime accepts as input data type either:

• event detection curves (resulting from aud.events), already including peaks or not,
• and all the input data accepted by aud.events.

aud.events is normalized using the 'Normal' option set to 'AcrossSegments'.

Some options in aud.events can be controlled:

• aud.decaytime(..., 'Filter') uses the 'Filter' method instead of the default 'Spectro'.
  • aud.decaytime(..., 'Down', r) controls the 'Down' option in aud.events.
  • aud.decaytime(..., 'CutOff', f) controls the 'CutOff' option in aud.events.
• aud.decaytime(..., 'Single') toggles on the 'Single' option in aud.events.
• aud.decaytime(..., 'LogCurve') toggles on the 'Log' option in aud.events.
  • aud.decaytime(..., 'MinLog', ml) controls the 'MinLog' option in aud.events.
• aud.decaytime(..., 'Contrast', c) controls the 'Contrast' option in aud.events.
• aud.decaytime(..., 'PreSilence') toggles on the 'PreSilence' option in aud.events.
• aud.decaytime(..., 'PostSilence') toggles on the 'PostSilence' option in aud.events.

aud.decaytime returns several outputs:

• the decay time itself and
• the event detection curve returned by mirevents, including the detected events and the attack phases.

Options

• aud.decaytime(..., scale) specifies the output scale, linear or logarithmic. Possible values for scale are:
  • scale = 'Lin' returns the duration in a linear scale (in seconds). (Default choice)
  • scale = 'Log' returns the duration in a log scale (Krimphoff et al., 1994).