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DelayNTap

Overview

Time delay with multiple output taps

Discussion

This time delay has a single mono input and multiple output channels. The delay of each output channel can be independently set by the currentDelay array. The number of output channels (NUMTAPS) is specified at construction time and this also equals the length of the currentDelay array. Delays are specified in samples 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+blockSize samples. The delay time per channel is specified by the currentDelay array. 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 = 1256

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleDelayNTap
{
ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
INT32 maxDelay;                               // Maximum delay, in samples.
INT32 stateIndex;                             // Index of the oldest state variable in the array of state variables.
INT32 stateHeap;                              // Heap in which to allocate memory.
INT32* currentDelay;                          // Current delay.
FLOAT32* state;                               // State variable array.
void * hardware_specific_struct_pointer;      // This may point to a struct that varies based on the target platform
} ModuleDelayNTapClass;

Variables

Properties

Name Type Usage isHidden Default Value Range Units
maxDelay int const 0 100 1:100000 samples
stateIndex int state 1 0 Unrestricted
stateHeap int const 1 561 Unrestricted
currentDelay int* parameter 0 [5 x 1] 0:1:100 samples
state float* state 1 [132 x 1] Unrestricted
hardware_specific_struct_pointer void * state 1 Unrestricted

Pins

Input Pins

Name in
Description audio input
Data type {float, int, fract32}
Channel range 1
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: delayntap_module.m 
 M=delayntap_module(NAME, NUMTAPS, MAXDELAY, MEMHEAP) 
 Creates a multi-tap time delay. The module has a single mono input pin 
 and an N-channel interleaved output. Each output channel is a delayed 
 version of the input with different delay times per channel. 

 Arguments: 
    NAME - name of the module. 
    NUMTAPS - number of taps. 
    MAXDELAY - maximum delay, in samples. 
    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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