EE 445S Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Lab Spring 2012 Lab 7 Guitar Special Effects Chao Jia
Outline Comb filters Allpass filters Notch filters Special effects with filters Other effects
Comb filters FIR comb filter (single echo) Number of stopbands is R/2
Comb filters IIR comb filter (multiple echoes)
Allpass filters
Notch filters
Some special effects Echo FIR or IIR comb filters Delay > 100ms Flanging FIR comb filter with (periodically) varying delay Delay between 1ms and 10ms
Some special effects Chorus Several independent comb filters
Some special effects Reverb Mimic a enclosed space (lots of echoes)
Other effects Special effects can also be generated by altering the amplitude of the signal. Tremolo Repetitive up/down variation in the volume Fuzz Intentionally introduced distortion like clipping