frange: Detect frequency range iteratively

Description

frange detect frequency range iteratively from signals in a selection table.

Usage

frange(X, wl = 512, it = "jpeg", line = TRUE, fsmooth = 0.1, threshold = 10, 
wn = "hanning", flim = c(0, 22), bp = NULL, propwidth = FALSE, xl = 1, picsize = 1,
res = 100, fast.spec = FALSE, ovlp = 50, pal = reverse.gray.colors.2, parallel = 1,
 widths = c(2, 1), main = NULL, img = TRUE, mar = 0.05, path = NULL, pb = TRUE)

Arguments

'selection.table' or data frame with the following columns: 1) "sound.files": name of the .wav files, 2) "sel": number of the selections, 3) "start": start time of selections, 4) "end": end time of selections. The ouptut of manualoc or autodetec can be used as the input data frame.

A numeric vector of length 1 specifying the window length of the spectrogram, default is 512. This is used for calculating the frequency spectrum (using meanspec) and producing the spectrogram (using spectro, if img = TRUE).

A character vector of length 1 giving the image type to be used. Currently only "tiff" and "jpeg" are admitted. Default is "jpeg".

line

Logical argument to add red lines (or box if bottom.freq and top.freq columns are provided) at start and end times of selection. Default is TRUE.

fsmooth

A numeric vector of length 1 to smooth the frequency spectrum with a mean sliding window in kHz. This help to average amplitude "hills" to minimize the effect of amplitude modulation. Default is 0.1.

threshold

Amplitude threshold (%) for fundamental frequency and dominant frequency detection. Default is 10.

Character vector of length 1 specifying window name. Default is "hanning". See function ftwindow for more options. This is used for calculating the frequency spectrum (using meanspec) and producing the spectrogram (using spectro, if img = TRUE).

flim

A numeric vector of length 2 for the frequency limit of the spectrogram (in kHz), as in spectro. Default is c(0, 22).

A numeric vector of length 2 for the lower and upper limits of a frequency bandpass filter (in kHz) or "frange" to indicate that values in 'bottom.freq' and 'top.freq' columns will be used as bandpass limits. Default is c(0, 22).

propwidth

Logical argument to scale the width of spectrogram proportionally to duration of the selected call. Default is FALSE.

Numeric vector of length 1. A constant by which to scale spectrogram width. Default is 1.

picsize

Numeric argument of length 1. Controls relative size of spectrogram. Default is 1.

res

Numeric argument of length 1. Controls image resolution. Default is 100 (faster) although 300 - 400 is recommended for publication/ presentation quality.

fast.spec

Logical. If TRUE then image function is used internally to create spectrograms, which substantially increases performance (much faster), although some options become unavailable, as collevels, and sc (amplitude scale). This option is indicated for signals with high background noise levels. Palette colors gray.1, gray.2, gray.3, topo.1 and rainbow.1 (which should be imported from the package monitoR) seem to work better with 'fast.spec' spectograms. Palette colors gray.1, gray.2, gray.3 offer decreasing darkness levels.

ovlp

Numeric vector of length 1 specifying % of overlap between two consecutive windows, as in spectro. Default is 50. This is used for calculating the frequency spectrum (using meanspec) and producing the spectrogram (using spectro, if img = TRUE).

pal

Color palette function for spectrogram. Default is reverse.gray.colors.2. See spectro for more palettes. Palettes as gray.2 may work better when fast.spec = TRUE.

parallel

Numeric. Controls whether parallel computing is applied. It specifies the number of cores to be used. Default is 1 (i.e. no parallel computing).

widths

Numeric vector of length 2 to control the relative widths of the spectro (first element) and spectrum (second element).

main

Character vector of length 1 specifying the img title. Default is NULL.

img

Logical. Controls whether a plot is produced. Default is TRUE.

mar

Numeric vector of length 1. Specifies the margins adjacent to the selections to set spectrogram limits. Default is 0.05.

path

Character string containing the directory path where the sound files are located. If NULL (default) then the current working directory is used.

Logical argument to control progress bar and messages. Default is TRUE.

Value

The original data frame with an additional 2 columns for low and high frequency values. A plot is produced in the working directory if img = TRUE (see details).

Details

This functions aims to automatize the detection of frequency ranges. The frequency range is calculated as follows:

bottom.freq = the start frequency of the first amplitude "hill"
top.freq = the end frequency of the last amplitude "hill"

If img = TRUE a graph including a spectrogram and a frequency spectrum is produced for each selection (saved as an image file in the working directory). The graph would include gray areas in the frequency ranges exluded by the bandpass ('bp' argument), dotted lines highlighting the detected range.

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
{
# First set temporary folder
# setwd(tempdir())

data(list = c("Phae.long1", "Phae.long2", "Phae.long3", "Phae.long4", "selec.table"))
writeWave(Phae.long1,"Phae.long1.wav")
writeWave(Phae.long2,"Phae.long2.wav")
writeWave(Phae.long3,"Phae.long3.wav")
writeWave(Phae.long4,"Phae.long4.wav")

frange(X = selec.table, wl = 112, fsmooth = 1, threshold = 13, widths = c(4, 1), 
img = TRUE, pb = TRUE, it = "tiff", line = TRUE, mar = 0.1, bp = c(1,10.5), 
flim = c(0, 11))
}
# }