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1 .TH CONVERT 1 "15 September 1993"
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3 .SH NAME
4 convert \- Convert units: frequency, time, and sample numbers.
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6 .SH SYNTAX
7 convert [options] arguments
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10 .SH DESCRIPTION
11 Convert time to samples and vice verca. Options of the general form:
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13 -to<units> | to=<units>
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15 may be intersperced with arguments, which are treated as values to convert
16 into the units given by the previous option on the command line.
17 Time in seconds or milliseconds is converted to and from sample points using
18 the given samplerate. Time (in seconds, miliseconds or samples) is converted
19 to and from frequency by reciprocal.
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21 .SH EXAMPLES
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23 .nf
24 1. Convert 100 samples to time in ms, and the 10ms to a number of
25 samples, both at the default sample-rate of 20kHz. Then at a
26 sample-rate of 10kHz print the number of samples in 32ms.
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29 convert to=ms 100p to=p 10ms samplerate=10kHz to=p 32ms
30 .fi
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32 .nf
33 2. Convert 0.1 seconds to sample points.
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35 convert -topoints 0.1sec
36 .fi
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38 .SH COPYRIGHT
39 .LP
40 Copyright (c) Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, 1995
41 .LP
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48 Research Council.
49 .LP
50 The MRC makes no representations about the suitability of this
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60 SOFTWARE.
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