Skip to content

ScalerNDBSmoothedFract32

Overview

Smoothly varying linear Fract32 scaler with independent gains in dB units

Discussion

Multichannel scaler, where each input channel has its own individual smoothly varying gain value. The gain parameter consists of an array of gains, one per input/output channel with units of dB. All gain parameters are exponentially smoothed (first order IIR) at the sample rate, with the smoothingTime parameter determining the smoothing rate for all of the gain values.

Module Pack

Standard

ClassID

classID = 189

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleScalerNDBSmoothedFract32
{
ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
FLOAT32 smoothingTime;                        // Time constant of the smoothing process
fract32 smoothingCoeff;                       // Smoothing coefficient
INT32 postShift;                              // Number of bits to shift after the fractional multiply.  This is based on gain.range.
FLOAT32 twoPowMinusPostShift;                 // 2^(-postShift).  Used by to streamline the operation of the set function
FLOAT32* gainDB;                              // Array of gains, one per channel
fract32* targetGain;                          // Array of gains, one per channel
fract32* currentGain;                         // Array of instantaneous gains, one per channel
} ModuleScalerNDBSmoothedFract32Class;

Variables

Properties

Name Type Usage isHidden Default Value Range Units
smoothingTime float parameter 0 10 0:1000 msec
smoothingCoeff fract32 derived 1 0.0020811 Unrestricted
postShift int derived 1 4 Unrestricted
twoPowMinusPostShift float derived 1 0.0625 Unrestricted
gainDB float* parameter 0 [1 x 1] -40:0.1:20 dB
targetGain fract32* derived 0 [1 x 1] Unrestricted
currentGain fract32* state 0 [1 x 1] Unrestricted

Pins

Input Pins

Name in
Description Input signal
Data type fract32
Channel range Unrestricted
Block size range Unrestricted
Sample rate range Unrestricted
Complex support Real

Output Pins

Name out
Description Output signal
Data Type fract32

Matlab Usage

File Name: scalern_db_smoothed_fract32_module.m 
 M=scalern_db_smoothed_fract32_module(NAME) 
 Multichannel scaler module with individual control of gains in each 
 channel.  The gain controls are in dB units.  Arguments: 
    NAME - name of the module. 

Copyright (c) 2026 DSP Concepts, Inc.