A two-tone signal is the sum of two sine waves plus a noise signal. One sine wave has the frequency 770 Hz and the amplitude 1. The frequency and the amplitude of the second sine wave as well as the noise amplitude are controlled by the sliders.
The signal is sampled at 8 kHz and the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is calculated. The DFT is scaled such that a sine wave with amplitude 1 results in spectral line of height 1 or 0 dBV. By changing the number of samples, , and by selecting a window function, the frequency resolution and amplitude accuracy of the DFT can be examined.
where , , and is generated from a uniform distribution in the range to . You control the parameters , , and with the sliders. The -point DFT of the signal is
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The spectrum plot shows . The factor results in a spectral line of height 1 for a sine wave of amplitude 1 if the sampling interval is an integer multiple of the sine frequency.
If a window function is applied, the signal is multiplied by before the DFT is calculated. The Hanning window is
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