Several random signals within a single tikzpicture

Question

I want to align vertically several random signal waveforms, as depicted in this post.

However, it seems that the given answer is not adapted in my case, since I can only draw two curves as showed by the following MWE:

\documentclass[xcolor={dvipsnames,svgnames,table}, 8pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\frame{
    \frametitle{Test}
    \begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{.3\textwidth}
    \centering
    \begin{tikzpicture}[
    declare function={
      excitation(\t,\w) = sin(\t*\w);
      noise = rnd - 0.5;
      source(\t) = excitation(\t,20) + noise;
      filter(\t) = 1 - abs(sin(mod(\t, 50)));
      speech(\t) = 1 + source(\t)*filter(\t);
    }
  ]
    \draw[orange, thick, x=0.0085cm, y=.5cm] (0,1) -- plot [domain=0:360, samples=144, smooth] (\x,{speech(\x)});
    \node[align=center] { \\[1cm]$\vdots$\\[1cm]};
    \draw[orange, thick, x=0.0085cm, y=-0.5cm] (0,1) -- plot [domain=0:360, samples=144, smooth] (\x,{speech(\x)});
     \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{column}
    \end{columns}
}
\end{document}

How can I align vertically, let's say 3 signal waveforms (with vertical dots between the second and the third one)?

Zarko · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-29T17:31:59.730

alternatively, slightly simplified and shorter code:

\documentclass[xcolor={dvipsnames,svgnames,table}]{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Speech signal}
    \frametitle{Test}
    \begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{.3\textwidth}
    \centering
    \begin{tikzpicture}[
    x=0.0085cm, y=0.5cm,
    declare function={
      excitation(\t,\w) = sin(\t*\w);
      noise = rnd - 0.5;
      source(\t) = excitation(\t,20) + noise;
      filter(\t) = 1 - abs(sin(mod(\t, 50)));
      speech(\t) = 1 + source(\t)*filter(\t);
                    },
    orange, thick, smooth,          % <--- moved here
    domain=0:360, samples=144,      % <--- moved here
  ]
    \draw plot (\x,{6+speech(\x)}); % <---
    \draw plot (\x,{3+speech(\x)}); % <---
    \draw plot (\x,{0+speech(\x)}); % <---
    %
    \draw[black, densely dotted, very thick]   (0,2.2) -- (0,2.8)
                                        (0,5.2) -- (0,5.8);
     \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{.7\textwidth}
    content of the second column
    \end{column}
    \end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '17 at 14:30

You could use the yshift option to vertically shift the graphs.

\documentclass[xcolor={dvipsnames,svgnames,table}, 8pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
    \frametitle{Test}
    \begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{.3\textwidth}
    \centering
    \begin{tikzpicture}[
    declare function={
      excitation(\t,\w) = sin(\t*\w);
      noise = rnd - 0.5;
      source(\t) = excitation(\t,20) + noise;
      filter(\t) = 1 - abs(sin(mod(\t, 50)));
      speech(\t) = 1 + source(\t)*filter(\t);
    }
  ]
    \draw[orange, thick, x=0.0085cm, y=.5cm] (0,1) -- plot [domain=0:360, samples=144, smooth] (\x,{speech(\x)});
    \draw[densely dotted, thick] (0,1.2) -- (0,1.7);
    \draw[orange, thick, x=0.0085cm, y=.5cm,yshift=1.3cm] (0,1) -- plot [domain=0:360, samples=144, smooth] (\x,{speech(\x)});
    \draw[densely dotted, thick] (0,2.5) -- (0,3.0);
    \draw[orange, thick, x=0.0085cm, y=.5cm,yshift=2.6cm] (0,1) -- plot [domain=0:360, samples=144, smooth] (\x,{speech(\x)});
     \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{column}
    \end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Several random signals within a single tikzpicture

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