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spectral gating

spectral gating noun: a signal processing technique used primarily for noise reduction and creative sound design; converting a signal into the frequency domain (a spectrogram), estimating a noise threshold for each frequency band, and then gating" (muting or reducing the volume of) any signal below that threshold.

Noun

spectral gating (plural spectral gatings)

  1. A signal processing technique used primarily for noise reduction and creative sound design; converting a signal into the frequency domain (a spectrogram), estimating a noise threshold for each frequency band, and then gating" (muting or reducing the volume of) any signal below that threshold.

Forms of spectral gating

pluralspectral gatings

Questions about spectral gating

What does spectral gating mean?
Spectral gating means a signal processing technique used primarily for noise reduction and creative sound design; converting a signal into the frequency domain (a spectrogram), estimating a noise threshold for each frequency band, and then gating" (muting or reducing the volume of) any signal below that threshold.
What part of speech is spectral gating?
Spectral gating is a noun.
What is the plural of spectral gating?
The plural of spectral gating is spectral gatings.

Words near spectral gating in the dictionary

  1. spectral
  2. spectral bat
  3. spectral bats
  4. spectral class
  5. spectral classes
  6. spectral gating
  7. spectral line
  8. spectral lines
  9. spectral owl
  10. spectral owls
  11. spectral set

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