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Audio Analyzers: Pink Noise vs Sine Sweep

By Nathan Lively

Why do some audio analyzers default to pink noise and others to a sine sweep? They are different acquisition methods, but they'll both get you there. Real-time 2 channel inputMeasure in real time with any source materialCommon among live sound engineers Non-real-time 1 channel inputMeasure off line with a pre-determined sourceMeasure THDGet very high SNRCharacterize decay (T60, C10)Common among acousticians, manufacturers, mobile electronics technicians You don't want to feed … [Read more...]

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