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Electroacoustics: Distortion
Original title: 電気音響学 歪み
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Sound exceeding the limit is output at the amplification circuit’s maximum value. When sound is viewed as a waveform, its peaks then take on a flattened (hysteresis) shape. However, distortion can sometimes occur even without exceeding the amplification circuit’s limit, and it is also a physical phenomenon that can occur in speaker vibrations and human vocalization, irrespective of electroacoustic engineering. Distortion was previously treated as noise but began to be used as part of musical expression, principally in rock. Accordingly, some amplification circuits (such as guitar amplifiers) also began to be designed with adjustable distortion levels.
Indicators such as total harmonic distortion (distortion rate, THD), THD+N, and SINAD (signal-to-noise-plus-distortion ratio) express electronic components' performance, including audio amplifiers.
限界を超えた音は増幅回路の限界値で発音される。すると音を波形として捕らえたときに、波形の頂点が頭打ち(ヒステリシス)した形になる。が、増幅回路の限界値を超えなくても歪みは発生する場合があり、またスピーカーの振動や電気音響工学にかかわらず人間の発声などについても起こりえる物理現象である。歪みはこれまで雑音として扱われてきたが、主にロックを中心に表現の一部として利用するようになった。それに伴い一部の増幅回路(ギターアンプなど)も歪み値を可変できるように設計されるようになった。
オーディオアンプなどの電子部品の性能を表すために全高調波歪(歪率、THD)やTHD+N、SINAD(信号対雑音+歪み比)などの指標が使われる。
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