The National Energy University

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

College of Engineering
EEEB363 Digital Signal Processing
Semester 2, Academic Year 2018/2019

Group Project – What’s that sound?

Group Project: You must attempt this project in a group of 2-3 people.

Evaluation:
Marks are based on the report (70%) and demonstration (30%). Marks are divided as follows:

Report Demonstration
Criteria Marks 70 Criteria Marks 30
Presentation 10 Technical explanation 10
Language 5 Communication skills 10
References 5 Questions and answers 10
Technical Solution 30
Codes 20

Report due date:

A report for the group project is to be submitted by 23 January 2019.

Demonstration schedule:
You will need to demonstrate that your project works. The demonstration is scheduled
during tutorial, 16 – 23 January 2019.

Section:

Group number: Group name:

Member Name: SID:

Member Name: SID:

Member Name: SID:

Attach this page on top of your submission as a cover page.

You DO NOT need to include this page for submission.

The problem:
Filtering in the frequency domain is a useful method to reduce or remove unwanted noise
from audio signals. Use frequency domain filtering methods to improve an audio signal that
is provided by the lecturer. Audio files are provided on Moodle. All source audio for this
project have voices of people speaking over a noisy environment. Examples of
improvements are removal of background noise, or amplification of voices.

Your task:
1. Select only one audio file to remove the unwanted noisy component.
2. You are free to use any MATLAB technique to accomplish your task, as best you can.
3. You must design at least one FIR or IIR filter to be applied, using the step-by-step
techniques learnt in class.
4. You may apply more than one filter.
5. Demonstrate your filtering system on your chosen audio file.
6. Marks are given on effort. Show your work. Do your best.

What to report on:

Typically: introduction, methodology/design, analysis, discussions, conclusion, references.
Specifically:
1. Show and explain frequency domain plots of the audio before and after filtering.
2. Present and discuss in detail your design for the FIR or IIR filter used to
accomplish the task above.
3. Explain your MATLAB approach and include some important excerpts of your codes.
4. Report format: IEEE manuscript template
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Tips:
sound(x,Ft) Convert matrix of signal data to sound
clear sound Stops the audio from playing

All the best!