Audio Visualization in Phase Space
David Gerhard

Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science
Pages 137–144

Abstract

There are several modern methods to visualize sounds, from oscilloscope and spectrometer to colour organs and strobe lights. Phase space is a relatively new way to visualize sounds. Originally used to better understand the chaos of strange attractors and other non-periodic systems, it can be used to observe the regularity of periodic and pseudo-periodic signals. Besides extracting information and interesting complexity of sound signals, these phase space images are attractive and compelling to look at.

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