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ThreeBandToneControl

Overview

Three band equalizer

Discussion

This module implements a three band tone control floating point module. Low shelf filter is used for low frequency band with normalised gain with respect to mid band gain. Similarly for high frequency band, high shelf filter is used with normalised gain with respect to mid gain. Finally scale smoothly the entire signal with mid band gain.

Module Pack

Standard

ClassID

classID = 9

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleThreeBandToneControl
{
ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
FLOAT32 smoothingTime;                        // Time constant of the smoothing process.
FLOAT32 lowFreq;                              // Low band center frequency, in Hz.
FLOAT32 midFreq;                              // Mid band center frequency, in Hz.
FLOAT32 highFreq;                             // High band center frequency, in Hz.
FLOAT32 lowGain;                              // Low band gain, in dB.
FLOAT32 midGain;                              // Mid band gain, in dB.
FLOAT32 highGain;                             // High band gain, in dB.
INT32 filterUpdateActive;                     // Boolean that is set when updating coefficients.
FLOAT32 smoothingCoeff;                       // Smoothing coefficient for the filter coefficients.
FLOAT32 midTargetGain;                        // Target gain of the mid frequency gain.
FLOAT32 midCurrentGain;                       // Current gain of the mid frequency gain.
FLOAT32 midSmoothingCoeff;                    // Sample-by-sample smoothing coefficient of the mid frequency gain.
FLOAT32* lowerTargetCoeffs;                   // Target coefficients for the low frequency shelf.
FLOAT32* lowerCurrentCoeffs;                  // Current coefficients for the low frequency shelf.
FLOAT32* lowerState;                          // State variables for the low frequency shelf.
FLOAT32* upperTargetCoeffs;                   // Target coefficients for the high frequency shelf.
FLOAT32* upperCurrentCoeffs;                  // Current coefficients for the high frequency shelf.
FLOAT32* upperState;                          // State variables for the high frequency shelf.
} ModuleThreeBandToneControlClass;

Variables

Properties

Name Type Usage isHidden Default Value Range Units
smoothingTime float parameter 0 20 0:1000 msec
lowFreq float parameter 0 60 30:200 Hz
midFreq float parameter 0 600 200:4000 Hz
highFreq float parameter 0 6000 4000:20000 Hz
lowGain float parameter 0 0 -12:12 dB
midGain float parameter 0 0 -12:12 dB
highGain float parameter 0 0 -12:12 dB
filterUpdateActive int parameter 1 1 Unrestricted
smoothingCoeff float parameter 1 0.03278 Unrestricted
midTargetGain float parameter 1 1 Unrestricted
midCurrentGain float parameter 1 1 Unrestricted
midSmoothingCoeff float parameter 1 0.001041 Unrestricted
lowerTargetCoeffs float* parameter 1 [5 x 1] Unrestricted
lowerCurrentCoeffs float* parameter 1 [5 x 1] Unrestricted
lowerState float* state 1 [2 x 1] Unrestricted
upperTargetCoeffs float* parameter 1 [5 x 1] Unrestricted
upperCurrentCoeffs float* parameter 1 [5 x 1] Unrestricted
upperState float* state 1 [2 x 1] Unrestricted

Pins

Input Pins

Name in
Description audio input
Data type float
Channel range Unrestricted
Block size range Unrestricted
Sample rate range Unrestricted
Complex support Real

Output Pins

Name out
Description audio output
Data Type float

Matlab Usage

File Name: three_band_tone_control_module.m 
 M=three_band_tone_control_module(NAME) 
 Implements a three band tone control module.  Arguments: 
    NAME - name of the module. 

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