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The fast Fourier transform ($\textrm{FFT}$) algorithms are fast algorithms for computing the discrete Fourier transform ($\textrm{DFT}$). This is achieved by successive decomposition of the $N$-point $\textrm{DFT}$ into smaller-block $\textrm{DFT}$, and taking advantage of periodicity and symmetry. Now, the $N$-point $\textrm{DFT}$ of a sequence $\{x[0], x[... 9 You need Parseval's theorem. For the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) you have the following relation: $$\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}|x[n]|^2=\int_{-1/2}^{1/2}|X(f)|^2df\tag{1}$$ where$f$is normalized by the sampling frequency. For the DFT you have $$\sum_{n=0}^{N-1}|x[n]|^2=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{k=0}^{N-1}|X[k]|^2$$ So due to Parseval's theorem it is ... 9 Whether you scale the output of your DFT, forward or inverse, has nothing to do with convention or what is mathematically convenient. It has everything to do with the input to the DFT. Allow me to show some examples where scaling is either required or not required for both the forward and inverse transform. Must scale a forward transform by 1/N. To start ... 9 I can think of several reasons involving computational precision issues, but that probably would not do justice because mathematically we're defining it the same way no matter what, and mathematics knows no precision issues. Here's my take on it. Let's conceptually think about what DFT means in signal processing sense, not just purely as a transform. In ... 7 Actually, 3 different ways to put the scale factors are common in various and different FFT/IFFT implementations: 1.0 forward and 1.0/N back, 1.0/N forward and 1.0 back, and 1.0/sqrt(N) both forward and back. These 3 scaling variations all allow an IFFT(FFT(x)) round trip, using generic unscaled sin() and cos() trig functions for the twiddle factors, to ... 6 Check out this classic example from Oppenheim, A. V., & Lim, J. S. (1981). "The importance of phase in signals". a) and b) are the original images, c) is the image created using the phase of a) with the magnitude of b), d) is the image created using the phase of b) and the magnitude of a). Phase carries most of the information in an image. 5 The correct way to group multiple bins together is to multiply each complex fft bin output by its complex conjugate (which gives the bin power) then add all the bin powers together and divide by the number of bins in the group. If you want to display in db (which is the conventional approach) then take 10*log10() of the result. Negative db values are normal ... 5 Warning:$|e^{j\omega}|$is equal to$1$if and only if$\omega$is a real number. More generally, for$z$complex,$|e^{z}|=e^{\Re{z}}$. This really depends in your prior knowledge, because functions like exponentials, sines or cosines, can be developed in different ways. Here, I'll assume you know about sines and cosines, as you refer to angular ... 4 You need to change how you're calculating the phase from "atan" to "atan2". The reason is that atan doesn't work in all quadrants. More on atan2 here. 4 All effects you see have to do with windowing. Your signal can be seen as a truncated (i.e., rectangularly windowed) sinusoid. If$s[n]$is your signal, and$w[n]$is the window, the signal you analyze is $$\tilde{s}[n]=w[n]\cdot s[n]\tag{1}$$ With the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) defined by $$S(f)=\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}s[n]e^{-j2\pi nf}\tag{... 4 If you want to code your own application that plot the magnitude response, you first need to extract the poles and zeros from your transfer function in the Z domain. The process that follows can either be analytic or graphical. I will try to cover both, starting with the analytic approach, then graphical. Extracting the poles and zeros Taking your time ... 4 By Euler's formula, assuming \omega is a real number:$$ e^{j \omega} = \cos(\omega) + j \sin(\omega) $$The definition of magnitude for a complex number z = x + jy is:$$ |z| = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}, $$therefore:$$ \left|e^{j \omega} \right| = \sqrt{\cos^2\omega + \sin^2\omega} = 1 $$by trigonometric identity. 4 Wouldn't it be much easier to just compare the left-hand side and the right-hand side of$$e^{-j2\pi ft_0}=|H(f)|e^{j\phi(f)}\tag{1}$$to see that |H(f)|=1 and \phi(f)=-2\pi ft_0? 3 The quickest way would be [b,a] = ellip(8,1.5,60,[.2 .3]); This designs a bandpass from .2 to .3 with 1.5 dB ripple and 60 db stop band attenuation. You don't get to pick the edges of the stop band since you already pre-selected the order. You can do one or the other but not both at the same time. However the 8th order filter is more than enough to meet ... 3 Use the transformation z = e^{j\omega}, you will get$$H(e^{j\omega}) = \frac{1-e^{-j\omega}}{5\left(1+2e^{-j\omega}\right)}$$Solving this (using e^{j\omega} = \cos \omega + j \sin \omega), you should get something like (please double check):$$H(\omega) = \frac{\left(\cos\omega-1 \right) + j4\sin\omega}{5\left(5+4\cos\omega\right)}$$Here,$$\text{... 3 Is this a well-known phenomenon? Yes, of course. You will see harmonics as soon as your clip point is lower than the maximum amplitude in the time domain. The latter is a function of the relative phases between the harmonic components. In your case the max amplitude is indeed 2.5 (plus whatever the noise adds). If you change the phases you will get a ... 2 The FFT magnitude, for non-zero sinusoidal-like signals, will only be the same, given a change in phase relative to the window, for signals that are exactly periodic in the window width (the non-zero padded portion of the FFT aperture). 2 It's derived using Euler's equation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_formula. You start with $$H(z) = (\frac{1}{1 - \frac{1}{5}z^{-1}}) (\frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{2}z^{-1}})$$ Then plug in$e^{-jwT}$for$z^{-1}$and you get $$H(z) = (\frac{1}{1 - \frac{1}{5}e^{-j\frac{\pi }{2}}}) (\frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{2}e^{-j\frac{\pi }{2}}})$$ Now according to Euler ... 2 You cannot recover an image with just the frequency magnitudes. You need the phase information as well to recover it. 2 Many audio FFT visualizations use log(magnitude) instead of linear, as that makes it easier to find a scale that makes data visible a graph. The energy contained in band that contains multiple FFT result bins would be the sum, not the max. If the "certain amount" of samples you grab for each FFT is a small fraction of those per 1/24 second, then you may ... 2 If the magnitude spectrum is symmetric $$M(\omega)=M(-\omega)\tag{1}$$ (as I assume), then your system is real-valued. The phase response of a real-valued system is asymmetric: $$\phi(\omega)=-\phi(-\omega)\quad(\mod 2\pi)\tag{2}$$ This means that there can be two cases: The phase goes through zero at$\omega=0$, i.e. the phase is given by$\phi(\omega)=...

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Some of the cues you want to look for are the following: A zero on the unit circle causes a zero in the magnitude response at the corresponding frequency ($z=1$ is DC, and $z=-1$ is Nyquist) For a zero at DC ($z=1$), the sum of all impulse response coefficients must be zero. A zero near the unit circle causes a dip in the magnitude response at the ...

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I did a fair amount of frequency-content visualization in the past, although I don't have the code in front of me... Sorry I don't have more time but I think this might be of help, so here's what I recall: First off, I'm not sure if this is part of what is giving you headaches, but since a real signal run through an FFT doesn't have a complex (phase) signal ...

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For a rough sketch, you can eyeball or measure the distance of the poles and zeros to a point on the unit circle, multiply/divide to get a magnitude, and sum/difference the angles from the poles and zeros to that point to get a phase. A protractor and ruler might be useful. The angles and distances change more rapidly when a pole or zero is near the unit ...

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I tried running the same code, and it works fine, except for 2 minor points: It's preferable to use exp(1i*phase) instead of exp(sqrt(-1)*phase) The final result will deviate from the original signal due to rounding noise (typically around 1e-16). Also, some of this noise will appear in the imaginary part of the result (so, even if y was real, yinv will be ...

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Ideal low pass filter is supposed to attenuate/remove all the frequencies above the cutoff. but in practice the filters have non zero magnitude even for frequencies in their attenuation region, still they are called low pass. if the magnitude of filter is quite high for frequencies above cutoff it might be called bad lowpass filter, but is still a low pass ...

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In the image you gave, the right-hand scale is in decibels (dB). So, essentially, the square turns into an affine scaling in the logarithm domain, which essentially yields the same image, at least the same relative dynamic range. So, in that case, it does not matter. Aside, $x \to x^\alpha$ transformations with $x\ge 0$ (a positive signal, a magnitude ...

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Actually we are also facing the same problem, instead of (Z,P,k), even if you use (A,B,C,D), as soon as sos will come in syntax with g, your magnitude response will scaled by the attenuation factor. If you are concerned only with plotting magnitude response you can plot as freqz(sos) you will get exact magnitude response without scaling.

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it is obvious that abs(real(fft(x)))!=abs(fft(x)) since you are removing the imaginary part while taking the real function.One way if you want a signal with all dft components being real.Is to normal to just take abs(fft(x)) as the spectrum itself rather than taking the real components.In this you maintain the magnitude and all the components have zero phase....

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Audio for humans? The human ear-brain system appears to be insensitive to absolute phase within stationary pitches, but more sensitive or responsive to differential phase (between the two ears), periodic or patterned changes in phase (pitch modulations), and perhaps phase coincidence within the spectrum to help characterize transient envelopes. Animals ...

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