[kwlug-disc] Fwd: It's that time of term... EOT (plus prof talk)!

[Bob Jonkman]

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On 2016-07-23 10:00 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> A previous CSClub put me on their mailing list

A previous CSClub *executive member* put me on their mailing list...

- --Bob, who's up too late to grammar right


On 2016-07-23 10:00 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> I have no affiliation with CSClub either, and I've been to CSClub
> events before. A previous CSClub put me on their mailing list so I
> could put their events on the WatCamp calendar. I think that's
> tacit approval for anyone to attend.
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> On July 23, 2016 8:02:56 PM AST, Sandeep Johri
> <sandeepjohri at rogers.com> wrote:
>> Hi Bob
>> 
>> This sounds really interesting.  Is it open to anyone (can I
>> attend - I'm no no way affiliated with UofW) and do you know if
>> there's a cost for attending?
>> 
>> Thanks for sharing.
>> 
>> Regards Sandeep
>> 
>> From: Sandeep Johri
>> 
>> On 23/07/16 04:16 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>>> A Linux presentation at UofW CSClub!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --Bob.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [CSC] It's that
>>> time of term... EOT (plus prof talk)! Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016
>>> 19:37:50 -0400 From: Computer Science Club
>>> <csc-general at csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Reply-To:
>>> exec at csclub.uwaterloo.ca To: csc-general at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
>>> 
>>> Hello programs,
>>> 
>>> Join us on Monday, July 25th at 6pm in the MC Comfy Lounge for
>>> an exciting prof talk by Richard Mann on Open Source Computer
>>> Sound Measurement. The abstract for the talk is below. We will
>>> follow this up by an EOT event with dinner and board games!
>>> Last event of the term, get hype.
>>> 
>>> Abstract:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> An ideal computer audio system should faithfully reproduce
>>>> signals of all frequencies in the audible range (20 to 20,000
>>>> cycles per second). Real systems, particularly mobile devices
>>>> and laptops, may still produce acceptable quality, but often
>>>> have a limited response, particularly at the low (bass)
>>>> frequencies.
>>> 
>>>> Sound/acousic energy refers to time varying pressure waves in
>>>> air. When recording sound, the acoustic signal will be picked
>>>> up by microphone, which converts it to electrical signals
>>>> (voltages). The signal is then digitized (analog to digital
>>>> conversion) and stored as a stream of numbers in a data file.
>>>> On playback the digital signal is converted to an electrical
>>>> signal (digital to analog conversion) and finally returned as
>>>> an acoustic signal by a speaker and/or headphones.
>>> 
>>>> In this talk I will present open source software
>>>> (Octave/Linux) to measure the end-to-end frequency response
>>>> of an audio system using the Discrete Fourier Transform.  I
>>>> will demonstrate the software using a standard USB audio
>>>> interface and a consumer grade omnidirectional microphone.
>>> 
>>>> This is joint work with John Vanderkooy, Distinguished
>>>> Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics and Astronomy.
>>> 
>>> Hope to see you there!
>>> 
>>> --- Melissa Tedesco Vice President Computer Science Club
>>> 
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