[sdiy] Octave for Windows

[Seb Francis]

For designing filters, do try ScopeFIR as well.  It's shareware but has 
a 60 day trial period.

Seb


Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> For me, it's that it's free and I'm told that it will do what I need it to do for
> designing digital filters.
>
>
> <rkmoore at memphis.edu> wrote:
>   
>> I have MATLAB with several toolboxes.  Does Octave have any advantages
>> over MATLAB, or is the attraction just that it's free?
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
>> Date: Saturday, August 19, 2006 5:26 pm
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Octave for Windows
>>
>>     
>>> "Paul Schreiber" <synth1 at airmail.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Download link goodness?
>>>>         
>>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888
>>>
>>> Will take you to the sourceforge page, scroll down until you get 
>>> to the 
>>> octave-forge-windows section.  The download links are in that 
>>> section.  I picked he
>>> 2.1.73.1 link.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Paul S.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Scott Gravenhorst" <music.maker at gte.net>
>>>> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:03 PM
>>>> Subject: [sdiy] Octave for Windows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I just downloaded and installed the port of Octave for Windows.  
>>>>>           
>>> It does
>>>       
>>>>> not need Cygwin.  In fact, it says if Cygwin is already 
>>>>>           
>>> installed, one
>>>       
>>>>> should NOT install this version of Octave.  I'm running Windows 
>>>>>           
>>> 2000 Pro.
>>>       
>>>>> Since I know _nothing_ about Octave yet, I just tried the 2 
>>>>>           
>>> spectral graph
>>>       
>>>>> plotting commands that Eric B. kindly posted.  Perfect output.  
>>>>>           
>>> Now to hit
>>>       
>>>>> the docs.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> - Where merit is not rewarded, excellence fades.
>>>>> - Hydrogen is pointless without solar.
>>>>> - What good are laws that only lawyers understand?
>>>>> - The media's credibility should always be questioned.
>>>>> - The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.
>>>>> - Governments do nothing well, save collect taxes.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Scott Gravenhorst | LegoManiac / Lego Trains / RIS 1.5
>>>>> -- Linux Rex         | Xilinx Spartan 3E
>>>>> -- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/
>>>>> -- NonFatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/electronics/
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>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>> - Where merit is not rewarded, excellence fades.
>>> - Hydrogen is pointless without solar.
>>> - What good are laws that only lawyers understand?
>>> - The media's credibility should always be questioned.
>>> - The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.
>>> - Governments do nothing well, save collect taxes.
>>>
>>> -- Scott Gravenhorst | LegoManiac / Lego Trains / RIS 1.5
>>> -- Linux Rex         | Xilinx Spartan 3E
>>> -- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/
>>> -- NonFatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/electronics/
>>> -- Autodidactic Master of Arcane and Hidden Knowledge.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> - Where merit is not rewarded, excellence fades.
> - Hydrogen is pointless without solar.
> - What good are laws that only lawyers understand?
> - The media's credibility should always be questioned.
> - The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.
> - Governments do nothing well, save collect taxes.
>
> -- Scott Gravenhorst | LegoManiac / Lego Trains / RIS 1.5
> -- Linux Rex         | Xilinx Spartan 3E
> -- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/
> -- NonFatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/electronics/
> -- Autodidactic Master of Arcane and Hidden Knowledge.
>
>
>
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