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Re: White Noise Software For Linux

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On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

> William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
>> On 2014-09-20, Floyd L. Davidson <floyd@apaflo.com> wrote:
>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 20/09/14 07:39, William Unruh wrote:
>>>>> On 2014-09-19, beforewisdom@gmail.com <beforewisdom@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I'm running Linux Mint 17.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone recommend any white noise software that is controlled by a GUI?
>>>>>
>>>>> Wha is White noise sofware tha is controlled by a gui? White noise has
>>>>> only one controllable parameter and that is ampliude, and tha is
>>>>> conrollable by the volume control.
>>>>> I think you need o be a bit less elliptical.
>>>> Thnks for sayung that. saved me the trouble
>>>
>>> White noise is not restricted to just one controllable parameter.
>>>
>>> Distribution is controllable, hence it might be Gaussian or Poisson, or
>>> something else.
>>
>> Then it is not white noise. It may be noise, but white noise has a very
>> particular definition
>
> Look it up though, and you'll find "Gaussian White Noise"... and other
> distributions too.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_noise#Statistical_properties
>
>>> It is also always bandwidth limited, which is controllable too.
>>
>> Again, not white noise.
>
> It is impossible to have a signal that is not bandwidth limited.
> Real life just doesn't work that way.
>
That's true, but it is based on the method used to generate the noise.
And you can get "reasonably close" so long as you use a method appropriate 
for the need.

Like I said, a pseudo-random number generator using a shift register with 
proper feedback clocked at a high enough frequency can generate "white 
noise" good enough for audio purposes.  And then you filter it properly if
you want "pink noise" which is more suited for some testing purposes.

But once you filter, it's not white, it's something else.

The limits of generation are a different thing.

   Michael

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White Noise Software For Linux beforewisdom@gmail.com - 2014-09-19 16:41 -0700
  Re: White Noise Software For Linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-09-20 06:39 +0000
    Re: White Noise Software For Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-20 09:32 +0100
      Re: White Noise Software For Linux floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-09-20 02:44 -0800
        Re: White Noise Software For Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-20 11:53 +0100
          Re: White Noise Software For Linux floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-09-20 04:25 -0800
            Re: White Noise Software For Linux Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-20 11:52 -0400
        Re: White Noise Software For Linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-09-22 18:31 +0000
          Re: White Noise Software For Linux floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-09-22 18:59 -0800
            Re: White Noise Software For Linux Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-22 23:30 -0400
              Re: White Noise Software For Linux floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-09-23 02:51 -0800
                Re: White Noise Software For Linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-09-23 23:49 +0000
  Re: White Noise Software For Linux asdf <asdf@nospam.com> - 2014-09-21 09:55 +0000
    Re: White Noise Software For Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-21 12:41 +0000
      Re: White Noise Software For Linux JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-10-02 23:56 +0000
        Re: White Noise Software For Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-03 01:41 +0000
          Re: White Noise Software For Linux JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-10-03 02:13 +0000
            Re: White Noise Software For Linux Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-03 02:55 +0000
              Re: White Noise Software For Linux JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-10-03 05:38 +0000
                Re: White Noise Software For Linux JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-10-03 11:50 +0000
                Re: White Noise Software For Linux Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2014-10-07 13:04 +0000
        Re: White Noise Software For Linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-10-03 14:38 +0000
          Re: White Noise Software For Linux JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-10-08 03:18 +0000

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