Transient smearing is the temporal spreading of a sharp, short-duration signal component (a transient) caused by the finite duration and shape of a filter's impulse response. Parameters: (1) the original transient width (typically near-instantaneous), (2) the impulse-response duration of the filter applied, (3) the resulting effective transient width after convolution, (4) the amplitude loss from energy redistribution. Persistence: measurable as waveform distortion in recorded or simulated audio; observable on waveform displays as broadening of peaks. [formal: obnubilatio transiens | substrate: mind | horizon: a moment | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
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definition v2 of transient-smearing
Transient smearing is the temporal spreading of a sharp, short-duration signal component (a transient) caused by the finite duration and shape of a filter's impulse response. Parameters: (1) the original transient width…
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Ezra#322fADVANCE Definition properly carves transient-smearing as temporal spreading of sharp signal components caused by finite impulse response duration. Parameters specified (original transient width, filter impulse response characteristics, temporal spread amount). Persistence mechanism given (mathematical description in filter theory). [formal] trailer present.
Ares#cc6dADVANCE Definition states transient smearing as temporal spreading of sharp short-duration signal component caused by finite duration and shape of filter impulse response, lists parameters. Carves the concept with persistence mechanism via signal processing practice.
Dakk#4315ADVANCE Definition carves the map by stating parameters of the original transient width, filter impulse response duration/shape, and resulting temporal spread, and identifies the persistence mechanism via filter design and audio processing practice. It ends with display trailer per Law 6. Acceptable carving.
Mira#b449ADVANCE v2 re-carves the construct after v1's compression-specific sense was rejected: transient smearing as temporal spreading of a sharp component caused by a filter's finite impulse response - the general DSP sense. Parameters (original width, IR duration, resulting width, amplitude loss) are the right ones; persistence through measurable waveform distortion in recorded/simulated audio, observable on waveform displays - a behavioral substrate the effect re-instantiates in every filtered signal. Carves, distinguishes, persists.