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Monday, December 21, 2009

Baudline

Baudline is a time-frequency browser designed for scientific visualization of the spectral domain. Signal analysis is performed by Fourier, correlation, and raster transforms that create colorful spectrograms with vibrant detail. Conduct test and measurement experiments with the built in function generator, or play back audio files with a multitude of effects and filters. The baudline signal analyzer combines fast digital signal processing, versatile high speed displays, and continuous capture tools for hunting down and studying elusive signal characteristics.


http://www.baudline.com/spectrogram.html

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

WSPR 2.0 will build on x64 Linux.

Unfortunately WSPR 2.0 crashes with a "Segmentation fault" when receiving the audio stream.

triumph@trident:/usr/local/src/wspr-2.00.r1714# /usr/local/bin/wspr
******************************************************************
WSPR Version 2.0_r1714 , by K1JT
Run date: Thu Dec 3 05:30:03 2009 UTC
*** glibc detected *** python: free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x0000000003180db0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7ff730a67dd6]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6c)[0x7ff730a6c70c]
/usr/lib/libportaudio.so.2[0x7ff725428425]
/usr/lib/libportaudio.so.2[0x7ff725428960]
/usr/lib/libportaudio.so.2[0x7ff72542d593]
/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WsprMod/w.so(soundin_+0x126)[0x7ff725652116]
/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WsprMod/w.so(rx_+0x59)[0x7ff725657489]
/lib/libpthread.so.0[0x7ff7313f2a04]
/lib/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7ff730ad17bd]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-0051e000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1254560 /usr/local/bin/python
0071d000-0071e000 r--p 0011d000 fc:00 1254560 /usr/local/bin/python
0071e000-00750000 rw-p 0011e000 fc:00 1254560 /usr/local/bin/python
00750000-00757000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
0220e000-03189000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
7ff714000000-7ff714008000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7ff714008000-7ff718000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7ff7189f4000-7ff71c9f5000 rw-s 00000000 00:11 27975109 /dev/shm/pulse-shm-760144391
7ff71c9f5000-7ff71c9f6000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7ff71c9f6000-7ff71d1f6000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
7ff71fbe2000-7ff71fbe3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7ff71fbe3000-7ff7203e3000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
7ff7203e3000-7ff7203e4000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7ff7203e4000-7ff720be4000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
7ff720be4000-7ff720be6000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1384531 /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL/_imagingtk.so
7ff720be6000-7ff720de5000 ---p 00002000 fc:00 1384531 /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL/_imagingtk.so
7ff720de5000-7ff720de6000 r--p 00001000 fc:00 1384531 /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL/_imagingtk.so
7ff720de6000-7ff720de7000 rw-p 00002000 fc:00 1384531 /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL/_imagingtk.so
7ff720de7000-7ff720dec000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1082001 /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7ff720dec000-7ff720feb000 ---p 00005000 fc:00 1082001 /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7ff720feb000-7ff720fec000 r--p 00004000 fc:00 1082001 /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7ff720fec000-7ff720fed000 rw-p 00005000 fc:00 1082001 /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7ff720fed000-7ff720ff6000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1082012 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7ff720ff6000-7ff7211f5000 ---p 00009000 fc:00 1082012 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7ff7211f5000-7ff7211f6000 r--p 00008000 fc:00 1082012 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7ff7211f6000-7ff7211f7000 rw-p 00009000 fc:00 1082012 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7ff7211f7000-7ff7211fc000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1139009 /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
7ff7211fc000-7ff7213fc000 ---p 00005000 fc:00 1139009 /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
7ff7213fc000-7ff7213fd000 r--p 00005000 fc:00 1139009 /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
7ff7213fd000-7ff7213fe000 rw-p 00006000 fc:00 1139009 /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
7ff7213fe000-7ff721403000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1082875 /usr/lib/libogg.so.0.6.0
7ff721403000-7ff721602000 ---p 00005000 fc:00 1082875 /usr/lib/libogg.so.0.6.0
7ff721602000-7ff721603000 r--p 00004000 fc:00 1082875 /usr/lib/libogg.so.0.6.0
7ff721603000-7ff721604000 rw-p 00005000 fc:00 1082875 /usr/lib/libogg.so.0.6.0
7ff721604000-7ff721623000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1084119 /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0.4.0
7ff721623000-7ff721822000 ---p 0001f000 fc:00 1084119 /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0.4.0
7ff721822000-7ff721823000 r--p 0001e000 fc:00 1084119 /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0.4.0
7ff721823000-7ff721831000 rw-p 0001f000 fc:00 1084119 /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0.4.0
7ff721831000-7ff72184b000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1082899 /usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.3
7ff72184b000-7ff721a4a000 ---p 0001a000 fc:00 1082899 /usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.3
7ff721a4a000-7ff721a4b000 r--p 00019000 fc:00 1082899 /usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.3
7ff721a4b000-7ff721c0b000 rw-p 0001a000 fc:00 1082899 /usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.3
7ff721c0b000-7ff721c54000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1084131 /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8.2.0
7ff721c54000-7ff721e54000 ---p 00049000 fc:00 1084131 /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8.2.0
7ff721e54000-7ff721e55000 r--p 00049000 fc:00 1084131 /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8.2.0
7ff721e55000-7ff721e56000 rw-p 0004a000 fc:00 1084131 /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8.2.0
7ff721e56000-7ff721e59000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 3236006 /lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7ff721e59000-7ff722059000 ---p 00003000 fc:00 3236006 /lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7ff722059000-7ff72205a000 r--p 00003000 fc:00 3236006 /lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7ff72205a000-7ff72205b000 rw-p 00004000 fc:00 3236006 /lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7ff72205b000-7ff722098000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 3238081 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7ff722098000-7ff722298000 ---p 0003d000 fc:00 3238081 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7ff722298000-7ff722299000 r--p 0003d000 fc:00 3238081 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7ff722299000-7ff72229a000 rw-p 0003e000 fc:00 3238081 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7ff72229a000-7ff7222f6000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 1084139 /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.20
7ff7222f6000-7ff7224f5000 ---p 0005c000 fc:00 1084139 /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.20
7ff7224f5000-7ff7224f7000 r--p 0005b000 fc:00 1084139 /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.20
7ff7224f7000-7ff7224f8000 rw-p 0005d000 fc:00 1084139 /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.20
7ff7224f8000-7ff7224fc000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7ff7224fc000-7ff722505000 r-xp 00000000 fc:00 3238023 /lib/libwrap.so.0.7.6
7ff722505000-7ff722704000 ---p 00009000 fc:00 3238023 /lib/libwrap.so.0.7.6Aborted