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Discrete Fourier Transform of a Two-Tone Signal


	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.


	Contributed by: Carsten Roppel
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The discrete-time two-tone signal is

where

, and

is generated from a uniform distribution in the range

. You control the parameters

, and

with the sliders. The

-point DFT of the signal is

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

and the Blackman window is

Contributed by: Carsten Roppel

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