# Audio SNR Estimator Estimate per-channel signal-to-noise ratio from separate program and noise-only regions, with an offline ZIP report. > Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/audio-snr-estimator - **Category:** Media - **Keywords:** audio, SNR, signal-to-noise ratio, noise reference, recording measurement, mean power ## Overview Select non-overlapping program and noise-only intervals entirely within the recording. Different interval lengths are compared by mean power, not total energy. The report distinguishes total/noise, 10log10(Pprogram/Pnoise), from corrected SNR, 10log10((Pprogram−Pnoise)/Pnoise), which assumes stationary additive noise uncorrelated with the signal. Raw and per-region DC-removed powers are reported; the checkbox chooses the displayed basis. Zero noise or nonpositive corrected power gives no finite SNR. Near-full-scale samples and noise-reference changes above 6 dB across 100 ms blocks trigger warnings, not a certification. No speech detection, denoising, downmixing, normalization or resampling. SNR is not an intelligibility or quality score. Limits: 100 MiB, 180 seconds, 8–96 kHz, mono/stereo. ZIP: JSON, CSV, SVG, HTML and README. ## Inputs - **Audio File** (file) - **Program Start (seconds)** (number) - **Program End (seconds)** (number) - **Noise Start (seconds)** (number) - **Noise End (seconds)** (number) - **Remove DC per Region** (checkbox) ## When to use - Evaluating ambient room tone and preamplifier hiss in studio microphone recordings. - Measuring independent noise floors and signal ratios across separate stereo channels. - Auditing audio deliverables against technical signal-to-noise thresholds before downstream production. ## How it works - Upload a mono or stereo audio file up to 180 seconds and 100 MiB in supported formats like WAV, FLAC, or MP3. - Define non-overlapping time boundaries in seconds for both the noise-only reference region and the active program region. - Optionally enable per-region DC removal to subtract offset biases before calculating mean segment power. - Download the generated ZIP archive containing numerical SNR metrics, stability warnings, visual SVG plots, and tabular data. ## Use cases - Voiceover artists verifying low noise floor during room tone lead-ins before speaking. - Field recordists evaluating ambient background noise levels relative to acoustic target signals. - Audio QA teams inspecting incoming speech recordings to verify compliance with production SNR baselines. ## Frequently asked questions ### How does the tool compare regions of different durations? Calculations evaluate mean power over each selected region rather than total energy, allowing accurate comparison between unequal time spans. ### What is the difference between total/noise ratio and corrected SNR? Total/noise compares total program power to noise power, whereas corrected SNR subtracts the estimated stationary noise power from the program signal. ### Why does the tool output an undefined or non-finite SNR? An undefined SNR occurs if the noise reference has zero power or if measured noise power is equal to or greater than total program power. ### Does the tool apply audio filtering, denoising, or resampling? No, it analyzes native samples directly and does not perform speech detection, noise suppression, normalisation, channel downmixing, or sample rate conversion. ### What sample rates and channel layouts are supported? 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