function f = mel2hz(z, htk) % f = mel2hz(z, htk) % Convert 'mel scale' frequencies into Hz % Optional htk = 1 means use the HTK formula % else use the formula from Slaney's mfcc.m % 2005-04-19 dpwe@ee.columbia.edu if nargin < 2 htk = 0; end if htk == 1 f = 700*(10.^(z/2595)-1); else f_0 = 0; % 133.33333; f_sp = 200/3; % 66.66667; brkfrq = 1000; brkpt = (brkfrq - f_0)/f_sp; % starting mel value for log region logstep = exp(log(6.4)/27); % the magic 1.0711703 which is the ratio needed to get from 1000 Hz to 6400 Hz in 27 steps, and is *almost* the ratio between 1000 Hz and the preceding linear filter center at 933.33333 Hz (actually 1000/933.33333 = 1.07142857142857 and exp(log(6.4)/27) = 1.07117028749447) linpts = (z < brkpt); f = 0*z; % fill in parts separately f(linpts) = f_0 + f_sp*z(linpts); f(~linpts) = brkfrq*exp(log(logstep)*(z(~linpts)-brkpt)); end