The -Tone Burst- commonly used for transient testing is not necessarily comparable to waveforms actually found in speech and music. A new test instrument is described which generates asymmetric and symmetric pulses as well as damped wave trains. Implications and test results are described for amplifiers, loudspeakers, and acoustic environments.

Author: Southworth, Glen R.
Affiliation: Colorado Video, Inc., Boulder, CO
JAES Volume 14 Issue 4 pp. 298-301; October 1966
Publication Date: October 1, 1966

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