name
a character string denoting the type of test signal
to create. Supported values are:
"dirac", "kronecker", "heavisine", "bumps", "blocks",
"doppler", "ramp", "cusp", "crease", "sing", "hisine",
"losine", "linchirp", "twochirp", "quadchirp",
"mishmash1", "mishmash2", "mishmash3", "levelshift",
"jumpsine", "gauss", "patches",
"linear", "quadratic", and "cubic".