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arb4j is a Java API for the arbitrary precision ball arithmetic library found at http://arblib.org
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Create spectrum analyzer and analyze the spectrum of this brown noise sample with shifts at certain points.Watch "3 Hour BROWN NOISE w/ BLACKOUT SCREEN 🖤 for FOCUS, SLEEP, AND COMFORT 💭" on YouTube #361

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Continuous Fourier Transform

The Continuous Fourier Transform (CFT) of a continuous, time-domain signal $x(t)$ is given by:

$$ X(f) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x(t) e^{-j2\pi ft} dt $$

where:

Discrete Fourier Transform

However, digital audio is represented in a discrete format rather than a continuous one. Thus, we use the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) for digitized signals. For a discrete signal $x[n]$, sampled at $N$ points, the DFT is defined as:

$$ X[k] = \sum_{n=0}^{N-1} x[n] e^{-j2\pi \frac{kn}{N}} $$

where:

Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)

The FFT is an algorithm to compute the DFT efficiently, particularly when $N$ is a power of 2. While the DFT has a computational complexity of $O(N^2)$, the FFT reduces this to $O(N \log N)$, significantly speeding up the calculation for large $N$. The FFT is based on the principle of dividing the DFT computation into smaller parts, utilizing the symmetry and periodicity properties of the complex exponential function.

Power Spectrum

The power spectrum $P[k]$ of the signal can be obtained from the FFT result $X[k]$ as follows:

$$ P[k] = \frac{1}{N} |X[k]|^2 $$

where $|X[k]|$ denotes the magnitude of the complex number $X[k]$. This formula gives the power at each frequency component $k$, providing insight into the intensity or "power" of the signal at different frequencies.

Summary

In essence, to analyze the spectrum of a digitized audio signal, you would:

  1. Apply the FFT to the discrete audio samples to obtain $X[k]$.
  2. Calculate the power spectrum $P[k]$ from $X[k]$ to understand the signal's intensity across the spectrum.

These steps directly relate the theoretical foundation of the Fourier Transform to practical analysis of digital signals, enabling the extraction of frequency information which is crucial for various audio processing tasks.