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This paper describes the use of two pseudorandom noise generators designed by Wolf and Bilger (1977) to generate repeatable samples of noise with sinusoidally rippled amplitude spectra. A description is given of the interface necessary to program the generator using a laboratory computer. Small modifications to the original generators are required. Sample output spectra are also shown.
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This work was supported by a research grant from the National Institutes of Health. The first author was supported by a Research Career Development Award from NIH. Portions of this paper were presented at the Third Conference and Workshop on Acoustics and the Physics of Sound and Music, May 7–9, 1981, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Feth, L.L., Donohue, M.J. A programmable rippled-noise generator for auditory research. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 14, 9–12 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202106
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