# How can we find Room Impulse Response in real-time using Sine Sweep Method?

I want to calculate the room impulse response in real-time using sine sweep method. For that, I generated a sine sweep $$x$$ & its amplitude modulated inverse signal $$f$$. Then I played that $$x$$ signal and simultaneously recorded this in the variable $$myrecording$$. Then I applied convolution on the amplitude modulated inverse signal $$f$$ and $$myrecording$$ to get the $$Room Impulse Response$$ as:

$$RoomImpulseResponse = myrecording * f$$

I followed the below mentioned post to find Room Impulse Response: How to use deconvolution technique to find out impulse response?

Now my concern is that after following this procedure, I'm not getting the expected results. I've also attached a graph for this. Am I making any mistake?

   from scipy.signal import max_len_seq
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import simpleaudio as sa
import sounddevice as sd
import scipy.signal as sig
from scipy.signal import chirp
from scipy.io.wavfile import write

# x = max_len_seq(12)[0]
myrecording = None

# Sweep Parameters
f1 = 4000
f2 = 5000
T = 0.1
fs = 48000
t = np.arange(0, T * fs) / fs
R = np.log(f2 / f1)

# ESS generation
x = np.sin((2 * np.pi * f1 * T / R) * (np.exp(t * R / T) - 1))
# Inverse filter
k = np.exp(t * R / T)
f = x[::-1] / k

def play():
play_obj = sa.play_buffer(x, 1, 2, 48000)
play_obj.wait_done()

def record():
global myrecording
myrecording = sd.rec(int(3.0 * 48000), samplerate=48000, channels=1).squeeze()
write("myrecording.wav", 48000, myrecording.astype(np.int16))
sd.wait()

def chunks(lst, chunkSizeInms, samplingRate):
"""Yield successive n-sized chunks from lst."""
chunks = []
n = round((samplingRate / 1000) * chunkSizeInms)
for i in range(0, len(lst), n):
chunks.append((lst[i:i + n]).astype(np.float32))

return chunks

if __name__ == '__main__':

t1.start()
t2.start()

# wait until thread 1 is completely executed
t1.join()
# wait until thread 2 is completely executed
t2.join()

correlation_result = list()

convolution_result = np.convolve(myrecording, f, mode='full');
peak_delay = np.argmax(np.abs(convolution_result)) / 48
print(peak_delay)
plt.plot(convolution_result)
plt.title('Delay in ms (peak): T = %i ms' % peak_delay)
plt.show()


• Your frequency range is quite narrow (4kHz - 5kHz), you should definitely use a broader frequency range. Secondly, your sweep is very short - in order to get good results, its length should be at least expected RT60 (start with 2 seconds). I suggest to first do the recording of the sweep and run your code offline.
– jojek
Sep 1, 2021 at 10:44
• @jojek , Could you please explain the steps which I should follow in order to make a correct RIR graph? Sep 1, 2021 at 11:09
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– jojek
Sep 1, 2021 at 11:10
• Room impulse response measurements are very difficult because of noise and distortion problems. For an overview of different methods and a comparison see for example: people.montefiore.uliege.be/stan/ArticleJAES.pdf Sep 1, 2021 at 11:17
• @jojek , Thank you so much for guiding. There was an issue while playing the sine sweep. I've corrected that and it is working fine now. Sep 1, 2021 at 12:26