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Source Signals for Impulse Response
• Ideal Impulse (Dirac function)
+ No postprocessing - Only theoretical
• Approximated Impulse
+ Simple, No postprocessing - Directivity, repeatability
• Random Signal
+ Simple - Postprocessing, Residual noise
• MLS Signal
+ SPL measurement - Postprocessing
• Sine Sweep Signal
+ High power - Postprocessing
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MLS - Why
• MLS means Maximum Length Sequence
It´s a pseudorandom binary sequence, widely used for “white noise”
generation
• The crest factor (Peak/RMS) is low,
an advantage for a loudspeaker sound source
• Convolve with microphone signal to get room impulse
response
• Suppress uncorrelated background noise by increasing
sequence length (or repeating sequence) n times
Suppression is n in theory
Example :
n 4
Suppression
n 2
6dB
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