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meandB

Mean of dB values

Description

This function calculates the mean of dB values

Usage

meandB(x, level="IL")

Arguments

x

a numeric vector or a numeric matrix.
level

intensity level ("IL") or sound pressure level ("SPL")

Details

The mean of dB values is not linear. See examples.

Value

A numeric vector of length 1 is returned.

Author(s)

Jerome Sueur and Zev Ross

References

Hartmann, W. M. 1998 Signals, sound and sensation. New York: Springer.

See Also

Examples

meandB(c(89,90,95))
seewave

Sound Analysis and Synthesis

v2.1.6
GPL (>= 2)
Authors
Jerome Sueur <sueur@mnhn.fr> [cre, au], Thierry Aubin [au], Caroline Simonis [au], Laurent Lellouch [main ctrb], Ethan C. Brown [ctrb], Marion Depraetere [ctrb], Camille Desjonqueres [ctrb], Francois Fabianek [ctrb], Amandine Gasc [ctrb], Eric Kasten [ctrb], Stefanie LaZerte [ctrb], Jonathan Lees [ctrb], Jean Marchal [ctrb], Andre Mikulec [ctrb], Sandrine Pavoine [ctrb], David Pinaud [ctrb], Alicia Stotz [ctrb], Luis J. Villanueva-Rivera [ctrb], Zev Ross [ctrb], Carl G. Witthoft [ctrb], Hristo Zhivomirov [ctrb].
Initial release
2020-06-28

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