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DelayNChanMsec

Overview

Module with different time delay for each channel specified in milliseconds

Discussion

This time delay module has multiple input and multiple output channels. The delay of each output channel can be independently set by the currentDelayTime array. The initial number of channels is specified at construction time and this also equals the length of the currentDelayTime array. Actual size of the currentDelayTime and numChannels argument is updated in the prebuild function based on the channel count in the input pin . Delays are specified in milliseconds and are in the range of [0 MAXDELAY].

At construction time, you specify the maximum delay (maxDelay) of the module. The variable, maxDelay determines the size of the internal state buffer. The size of the internal state buffer equals (maxDelay+1)*numChannels samples. The delay time per channel is specified by the currentDelayTime array. The actual delay applied is in integer sample ammounts and so depends on the sample rate. delay = floor( currentDelay * SR ) / SR Delays can be adjusted at run-time. However, the module is not smoothly updating and you may get audible clicks when adjusting the currentDelay at run-time.

Module Pack

Advanced

ClassID

classID = 1368

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleDelayNChanMsec
{
ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
FLOAT32 maxDelayTime;                         // Maximum delay, in milliseconds.
INT32 stateHeap;                              // Heap in which to allocate memory. Used to pass the value to internal delaynchan module.
INT32 maxDelay;                               // Max delay in samples. Used to pass the value to internal delaynchan module.
FLOAT32* currentDelayTime;                    // Current delay, in milliseconds.
awe_modDelayNChanInstance *delay; // Module with different time delay for each channel specified in samples} ModuleDelayNChanMsecClass;

Variables

Properties

Name Type Usage isHidden Default Value Range Units
maxDelayTime float const 0 10 0:10 msec
stateHeap int const 1 561 Unrestricted
maxDelay int const 1 480 Unrestricted
currentDelayTime float* parameter 0 [1 x 1] 0:10 msec

Pins

Input Pins

Name in
Description Audio Input
Data type {float, int, fract32}
Channel range Unrestricted
Block size range Unrestricted
Sample rate range Unrestricted
Complex support Real

Output Pins

Name out
Description Audio output
Data Type {float, int, fract32}

Matlab Usage

File Name: delaynchan_msec_module.m 
 SYS=delaynchan_msec_module(NAME, NUMCHANNELS, MAXDELAY, MEMHEAP) 
 Creates a multi-channel time delay in which the delay times are specified 
 in milliseconds. The module has a multichannel input pin 
 and an multichannel output pin. Each output channel is a delayed 
 version of the corresponding input channel with different delay times  
 for each channel. 

 Arguments: 
    NAME - name of the module. 
    NUMCHANNELS - number of channels for the module. 
    MAXDELAY - maximum delay, in milliseconds. 
    MEMHEAP - specifies the memory heap to use to allocate the main 
         state buffer. This is a string and follows the memory allocation 
         enumeration in Framework.h. Allowable values are: 
            'AWE_HEAP_FAST' - always use internal DM memory. 
            'AWE_HEAP_FASTB' - always use internal PM memory. 
            'AWE_HEAP_SLOW' - always use external memory. 
            'AWE_HEAP_FAST2SLOW' - use internal memory. If this fails 
               then use external memory (the default). 
            'AWE_HEAP_FASTB2SLOW' - use internal memory. If this fails 
               then use external memory. 

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