Numpy combine channels

[Wanderer]

On Monday, September 10, 2012 4:12:40 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote:
> On 10/09/2012 20:39, Wanderer wrote:
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> > I have an array generated by audiolab of left and right stereo
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> > channels. It looks like [[1,1],[1,2],[2,3]]. I would like to combine
> 
> > the left and right channels to get an array [2,3,5]. Is there a numpy
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> > command to do that?
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> >
> 
> >>> import numpy
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> >>> numpy.array([[1,1],[1,2],[2,3]], dtype="i")
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> array([[1, 1],
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>         [1, 2],
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>         [2, 3]])
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> >>> a[:, 0]
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> array([1, 1, 2])
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> >>> a[:, 1]
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> array([1, 2, 3])
> 
> >>> a[:, 0] + a[:, 1]
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> array([2, 3, 5])
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> 
> 
> But should they be added together to make mono?
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> 
> 
> Suppose, for example, that both channels have a maximum value. Their
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> sum would be _twice_ the maximum.
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> 
> 
> Therefore, I think that it should probably be the average.
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> 
> 
>  >>> (a[:, 0] + a[:, 1]) / 2
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> array([1, 1, 2])

I'm decoding morse code. So it's CV dots and dashes.