sound analyzer

sound analyzer

[′sau̇nd ‚an·ə‚līz·ər] (engineering) An instrument which measures the amount of sound energy in various frequency bands; it generally consists of a set of fixed electrical filters or a tunable electrical filter, along with associated amplifiers and a meter which indicates the filter output.

sound analyzer

An instrument used to measure the distribution of sound over the audible frequency range, i.e., used to obtain a sound spectrum.