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poctave() return value for acoustics analysis

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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson am 23 Nov. 2018
Beantwortet: Aitor am 17 Mai 2024
Hi all,
I need some assistance understanding the "units" of the data that is returned when calling the MATLAB function [p,cf] = poctave();
I am analysing an audio signal that has been recorded with a microphone. The data is imported into the MATLAB workspace and converted to a calibrated pressure value with units of Pascals (Pa). So the units of the data that I pass to poctave() are Pascals (Pa). The following code snippet shows how I'm using poctave().
flims = [20 Fs/2]; % set the frequency limits of my analysis
bpo = 3; % Third-Octave analysis required
opts = {'FrequencyLimits',flims,'BandsPerOctave',bpo}; % prepare these options for passing to poctave()
% apply the 3rd-Octave filter-bank to my data
[p, cf] = poctave(pressureData,Fs,opts{:});
(Where "pressureData" is my audio data to be filtered, and "Fs" is the sampling frequency of the data.)
My first question is:
1) What are the units of the octave spectrum data returned unto variable 'p'?
I need to know this for my conversion of the data into a dB value using 10*log10(p/pref).
I understand that if I use poctave() as follows:
poctave(pressureData,Fs,opts{:})
then by default it assigns "pref" a value of 1 and the results are as in the following image:
Without units though, the result seems meaningless...
My second question is:
2) what is pref in the previous equation to ensure correct dB values that correlate with a sound pressure level? do I use:
pref = 0.00002; % 20 micro Pascals reference sound pressure level
or:
pref = 0.00002^2; % 20 micro Pascals (squared); i.e. is p returned from poctave() a pressure squared value or a power value??
I want to create a resulting 3rd-Octave spectrum whos dB values match those as though it was being displayed on a Sound Level Meter. I will then correlate these values with those on our Sound Level Meter to validate the data to be processed within MATLAB.
Thanks so much for any assistance you can offer!!
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Mickey Yoseph
Mickey Yoseph am 25 Mär. 2020
Bearbeitet: Mickey Yoseph am 25 Mär. 2020
Hello mate - did you get an answer to this in the end? In the exact same boat as you for both questions.
Require dB SPL but clearly poctave returns negative dB values which aren't helpful so need 'pref' to be 0.0002.
Any help?
zein
zein am 25 Jun. 2020
i think that the output in the graph is 10log(p) where p is the spectrum in 1/3 octave and to calculate the SPL-1/3 OCTAVE
SPL-1/3octave=10log(p/pref.^2)

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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson am 26 Mär. 2020
OK. Thanks for the reminder of this one @Mickey Yoseph. I'll post the solution I ended up deriving.
So, as I mentioned in my original question I had an array of calibrated pressure values. (My final solution included the creation of a structure called "source" to store all relevant information about my source file, hence why you see it referenced in the following):
pref = 0.00002; % reference pressure in air (Pa)
% Setup octave-band filter parameters:
flims = [20 source.fs/2]; % in this case 20 Hz to 24 kHz
bpo = 3; % Third-Octave Filtering
opts = {'FrequencyLimits',flims,'BandsPerOctave',bpo};
% filter my source pressure data:
[source.p3rd, source.cf3rd] = poctave(source.pressure,source.fs,opts{:});
% convert filtered data to calibrated SPL values referenced to 20 uPa
source.ThirdOctDB = 10*log10(source.p3rd/(pref^2));
So, answering Question 1:
- Use poctave and get filtered pressure data in whatever Octave-band spacing you want. Note that what is returned is a pressure squared value (i.e. the average power for that Octave-band).
And answering Question 2:
- understanding that poctave returns pressure squared values we then convert to SPL figures (dB re: 20 uPa) using the equation:
Where,
I hope this helps clarify how you can use poctave and obtain referenced SPL values for acoustic pressure signals.
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Slimane Ouakka
Slimane Ouakka am 7 Mär. 2024
why in the code are you do not square "source.p3rd"?
Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson am 12 Apr. 2024
@Slimane Ouakka, poctve() returns the pressure^2 value already, which is why I don't square it (again) in my code.

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ngoc quy hoang ngoc quy
ngoc quy hoang ngoc quy am 27 Feb. 2021
I think you are confused average power with pressure squared
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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson am 7 Jan. 2024
Isn't Power proportional to the square of the pressure amplitude?

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andytodd.msp
andytodd.msp am 27 Dez. 2023
Hi All, I'm just curious as to the solution to this - as we are in a similar position (using calibrated input data and trying to have results displayed in typical dB SPL values).
I've tryed using the methods above, but I'm not sure if I'm missing something - as we do not seem to get reasonable answers using this method.
For example, the output of poctave at 1kHz is -14.7dB (Average Power). We know the SPL at 1kHz is actually 79.4dB (SPL). I'm struggling to find the link between these two values so that we can convert between the two.
Any help is much appreciated!
Andy
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andytodd.msp
andytodd.msp am 8 Jan. 2024
Hi Mark,
No - the data we are importing is already in Pascal units. Its coming from a calibrated measurement system.
What I'm trying to do, is have poctave display the octave values as dB re 20 micropascals - rather than the default 'dB Average Power'.
Does that make sense?
Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson am 12 Apr. 2024
Hi @andytodd.msp, that's exactly what source.ThirdOctDB is when my code returns. Again, you won't get exactly 79.4 dB re 20 micropascals from this function; refer to my comment regarding windowing and the spread of energy over the width of the octave band you are looking at (hence the term "average" I guess).

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Aitor
Aitor am 17 Mai 2024
Thank you @Mark Thompson. Now the calibrated values are stored in source.ThirdOctdB. But how do you plot them?Bar plot?
Thanks in advance

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