Expert Settings

Detection threshold in dB.

By default, this threshold is equal to -120. The closer we get to 0, the more transients are filtered.

The threshold can also be expressed as a percentage of energy, which is significant from a perceptive point of view. This percentage of energy can be calculated from a given type of frequency range, via the Evaluation Frequency Reference.

Detection threshold in %.

This threshold is a percentage of energy within a detection frame, and is more significant from a perceptive point of view. The higher the percentage, the more transients are filtered. The evaluation is done from the Statistical Bands. It is controled by the Single Sinusoid Impact factor, over the Detection Frequency Range, or over the Whole Frequency Band, which are selected via the Evaluation Frequency Reference menu.

• The single sinusoid impact factor (I_s) is the size occupied by a sinusoid in a band, expressed as a percentage. By default, this factor is fixed to 10%, so that we get a number (Ns) of 10 sinusoids per band. A 10% factor is generally a good choice.

  Ns=1/Is

  For instance, with a 20% impact factor, we get :

  Ns=(1*100)/20=5

• The bandwidth depends on the number of bins of the sinusoid. With an N bins sinusoid, and a K impact factor, the size is expressed :

  S=(N*100)/ K

  For instance, with 10 bins sinusoids and a 20% impact factor, we have 5 sinusoids of 10 bins per band, and a 50 bins bandwidth :

  S=(10*100)/20 = 50

The sensitivity of the detector also depends on this factor.

• The narrower the bandwidth, the less peaks we need, and the more sensitive the detector is. The larger the band, the more peaks are needed to trigger the transient detector.

• If the bandwidth of the model matches the bandwidth of the transient peak, we get the best results, but this transient bandwidth can not be known in advance.

• In the presence of noise, a decrease in bandwidth may require a larger number of transient peaks to enable transient detection.

The confidence level determines the reliability of the detection when comparing the statistical model and the current frames.

Minimum and maximum values : 0,5-4.

Default value : 2,5.

• A high confidence level means that many simultaneous transient peaks are requested for a transient to be detected : the detector is not very sensitive.

• A low confidence level means that few peaks are requested, and the detector is highly sensitive.

• In the presence of stationary sinusoids, the value of the confidence level can be increased.

• In the presence of noise, it should be decreased.

Generally an increase of the confidence level can be compensated by decreasing the transient detection threshold.