again.. the voice is not predictable.. i have seen one application to hum out a backgnd noise.. where our man sends a 180 deg out of phase wave.. but it was predictable.. lotsa neural netwrk fundas would help in prediction.. Alok > -----Original Message----- > From: Plunkett, Dennis [SMTP:dplunkett@AIRINTER.COM.AU] > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 4:11 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT] INVERTE THE WAVE > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: WF [SMTP:wf@BLUSOFT.ORG.BR] > > Sent: Wednesday, 12 April 2000 1:50 > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > > Subject: [OT] INVERTE THE WAVE > > > > Hi, > > > > A student is studyng how to invert some wave... > > > > He intends to NULL some produced sound...in the factory that he > works > > have some TEXTIL machines and intends to reduce the noise produced by > > them...applyng a inverted wave... > > > > Does someone have some suggestions about this? Formula, site, etc... > > > > I think that is too hard! > > > > Miguel Wisintainer > > > > > To this I agree, as your student will need either the impulse > response or the fourier transform of the environment in which the machine > resides. All this is DSP type stuff, and will require several (Lots) of > measurements, as it is not just a simple task of invert the wave to > cancell > it out, he will also have to remove harmonics and the like etc. Too much > stuff to go into for this list. > > Dennis > >