Subject: Re: Pink music From: Bob Masta <audio@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:13:02 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>On 27 Sep 2010 at 9:39, Stephane Laurent Bungener wrote: > Hi, > > Would any of you be able to help me in identifying tracks > with a pinkish frequency spectrum? (Please no jokes on the > artist Pink) > > From what I've read, this is the best type of music for > testing the overall performance of speaker and headphone > systems. Stephane: I don't have any music tracks to offer, but you can download my Daqarta software and generate real-time pink noise on Windows using your sound card. When Daqarta starts, there will be a Generator dialog panel to the right of the display area. Click on the left "Waveform Controls" button, near the middle of the dialog. Near the top of the dialog that opens, click on "Wave", then click on "Pink" near the bottom of that dialog. Finally, click on the "Generator" button in the main toolbar above the display area. Since this is your first use of Daqarta, a warning message about loud volumes will appear, along with a volume slider dialog. Start out with the sliders set very low, and click OK on the warning. The display will show the waveform of the sound that is being generated. Click on the "Spectrum" button in the toolbar to see the spectrum, or "Sgram/PT" to see the spectrogram. There are also options to measure energy between cursors, to plot amplitude histograms, and many more. After 30 sessions or 30 days the trial period expires, but that only affects inputs and a few other features. You don't need any of those to do the above, which only involves output generation, so you can keep on using Daqarta as long as you like. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Bob Masta D A Q A R T A Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis www.daqarta.com Scope, Spectrum, Spectrogram, Signal Generator Science with your sound card!