Chapter 2

Basics of Programming in MATLAB®

2.1 Introduction: Computer Programming in MATLAB

Computers can be used for calculations, analysis, visualization, and processing. These are all important tasks when working with audio. In order to program a computer to complete all these tasks with audio information, it is important to understand how a computer performs these tasks with more general types of information. This chapter introduces necessary programming concepts in preparation for working with audio in Chapter 3.

2.2 Programming Languages

A programming language is a vocabulary or a set of instructions a computer can interpret. Computers can interpret many different programming languages. Despite their differences, many languages have similar ...

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