lasp/README.md

Library for Acoustic Signal Processing

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Welcome to LASP: Library for Acoustic Signal Processing. LASP is a C++ library with a Python interface which is supposed to acquire and process (multi) sensor data in real time on a PC and output results.

Current features that are implemented:

• Communication with data acquisition (DAQ) devices, of which:
  • Internal sound cards via the RtAudio backend. Many thanks to Gary P. Scavone et al.
  • Measurement Computing DT9838A signal analyzer.
• Configuration of DAQ devices: AC coupling, IEPE, sensitivity physical quantities.
• Recording of signals from these DAQ devices, and storing in a HDF5 file.
• Filter designers to create A/C sound pressure weighting
• Biquad filter designers for low pass, high pass, peaking and notch filters
• A Peak Programme Meter (PPM) to monitor signal levels from DAQ and to watch for signal clipping.
• A signal generator to create sine waves, sweeps and noise (white / pink).
• Equalizers to equalize the output prior to sending.
• Averaged power spectra and power spectral density determination using Welch' method. Taper functions of Hann, Hamming, Bartlett and Blackman are provided.
• (One third) octave filter bank filters designed to comply with IEC 61260 (1995).
• Slow and fast time updates of (A/C/Z) weighted sound pressure levels
• Full Sound Level Meter implementation
• Real time Sound Level meter, Power / Transfer function estimator
• Spectra data smoothing algorithms
• Sensor calibration for microphones

Future features (wish-list)

• Conventional and delay-and-sum beam-forming algorithms
• Impedance tube measurement processing

For now, the source code is well-documented on lasp.ascee.nl but it requires some additional documentation (the math behind it). This is maintained in a sister repository lasp-doc.

If you have any question(s), please feel free to contact us: email.

Installation - Linux (Debian-based)

Dependencies

• $ sudo apt install python3-pybind11 libopenblas-dev python3-pip python3-scipy libusb-1.0-0-dev libpulse-dev cmake-curses-gui python3-h5py
• $ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt

If building RtAudio with the ALSA backend, you will also require the following packages:

• libclalsadrv-dev

If building RtAudio with the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) backend, you will also require the following packages:

• libjack-jackd2-dev

Download & build

• $ git clone --recursive https://code.ascee.nl/ASCEE/lasp.git
• $ cd lasp

For a release build:

• $ cmake .

or optionally for a custom build:

• $ ccmake .

Configure and run:

• $ make -j

Build documentation

In directory:

$ sudo apt install doxygen graphviz $ pip install doxypypy

While still in lasp dir:

$ doxygen

This will build the documentation. It can be read by:

$ <YOUR-BROWSER> doc/html/index.html

Or via docker:

$ docker build -t lasp_ascee_nl:latest .

Install

For an editable install (while developing):

• $ pip3 install --prefix=$HOME/.local -e .

To install locally, for a fixed version:

• $ pip3 install --prefix=$HOME/.local

Usage

• See examples directories for IPython notebooks.
• Please refer to the documentation for features.