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Re: Numpy combine channels

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In article <mailman.465.1347307911.27098.python-list@python.org>,
MRAB  <python-list@python.org> wrote:
>On 10/09/2012 20:39, Wanderer wrote:
>>
>> I have an array generated by audiolab of left and right stereo
>> channels. It looks like [[1,1],[1,2],[2,3]]. I would like to combine
>> the left and right channels to get an array [2,3,5]. Is there a numpy
>> command to do that?
>
>>>> import numpy
>>>> numpy.array([[1,1],[1,2],[2,3]], dtype="i")
>array([[1, 1],
>        [1, 2],
>        [2, 3]])
>>>> a[:, 0]
>array([1, 1, 2])
>>>> a[:, 1]
>array([1, 2, 3])
>>>> a[:, 0] + a[:, 1]
>array([2, 3, 5])
>
>But should they be added together to make mono?
>
>Suppose, for example, that both channels have a maximum value. Their
>sum would be _twice_ the maximum.
>
>Therefore, I think that it should probably be the average.
>
> >>> (a[:, 0] + a[:, 1]) / 2
>array([1, 1, 2])

I'd actually think it should be the max.  Consider a stereo where one
side is playing a booming bass while the other side is playing a rest
note -- should the mono combination be half as loud as as the bass?
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Numpy combine channels Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-09-10 12:39 -0700
  Re: Numpy combine channels Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-09-10 12:56 -0700
  RE: Numpy combine channels Nick Cash <nick.cash@npcinternational.com> - 2012-09-10 19:50 +0000
  Re: Numpy combine channels MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-09-10 21:11 +0100
    Re: Numpy combine channels Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-09-10 13:14 -0700
      Re: Numpy combine channels Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-09-10 13:15 -0700
      Re: Numpy combine channels Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-09-10 13:15 -0700
    Re: Numpy combine channels Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-09-10 13:14 -0700
    Re: Numpy combine channels aahz@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) - 2012-11-09 20:30 -0800
      Re: Numpy combine channels Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-10 08:05 -0500

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