Sound Processing

Vikas Sahdev Rajesh Samudrala Rajani Shankar Sadasivam

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Sound Effects
Delay
Multiple Echoes Reverberation Flanging Equalizer

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Delay
A delay takes an audio signal, and plays it

back after the delay time (several milliseconds to several seconds)

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Sound files for the Delay effect

Input Sound file

Output Sound file

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Multiple Echo Filter

H(Z) =

Z-R (1 - alpha * ( Z-R))

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Impulse Response of a Multiple Echo Filter

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Sound Files for a Multiple Echo Filter

Input Sound file

Output Sound file

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Reverberation
Reverberation is the result of the many

reflections of a sound that occur in a room

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All Pass Reverberator

H(z) =

(alpha + Z-R)
(1 + alpha * Z-R )

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Impulse Response of an All Pass Reverberator

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Sound Files for an All Pass Reverberator

Input Sound file

Output Sound file

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A Natural Reverberator
The Schroeders Reverberator
Combination - 4 Comb and 2 All Pass.

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Sound Files for a Natural Reverberator

Input Sound file

Output Sound file

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Flanging
H(Z) = ( 1 + alpha*( Z-beta(n)) )

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A time varying delay function

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Sound file for Flange effect

Input Sound file

Output Sound file

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Equalizer
A combination of Low pass, Band pass

and High pass filters.

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Low Pass Filter

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Band Pass Filter

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High Pass Filter

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Sound effects for an equalizer

Input Sound file
Low Pass Output Band Pass Output High Pass Filter Total Output

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Summary
Music signal processing includes a wide

variety of effects and filtering techniques. By implementing different filtering techniques, we obtained different sound effects. By the application of DSP, sound quality can be improved.
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References
Digital Signal Processing- A computer

based approach by Sanjit Mitra www.harmony-central.com Mc Gill DSP Course

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