<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>phaser1</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="csound.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="syntax-highlighting.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Canonical Csound Reference Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="OpcodesTop.html" title="Orchestra Opcodes and Operators" /> <link rel="prev" href="pgmassign.html" title="pgmassign" /> <link rel="next" href="phaser2.html" title="phaser2" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">phaser1</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgmassign.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="phaser2.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="phaser1"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexPhaser1" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">phaser1</span> </h2> <p>phaser1 — First-order allpass filters arranged in a series. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472904065960"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> An implementation of <span class="emphasis"><em>iord</em></span> number of first-order allpass filters in series. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472904024120"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">ares <span class="command"><strong>phaser1</strong></span> asig, kfreq, kord, kfeedback [, iskip]</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472904021864"></a> <h2>Initialization</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>iskip</em></span> (optional, default=0) -- used to control initial disposition of internal data space. Since filtering incorporates a feedback loop of previous output, the initial status of the storage space used is significant. A zero value will clear the space; a non-zero value will allow previous information to remain. The default value is 0. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472904019544"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kfreq</em></span> -- frequency (in Hz) of the filter(s). This is the frequency at which each filter in the series shifts its input by 90 degrees. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kord</em></span> -- the number of allpass stages in series. These are first-order filters and can range from 1 to 4999. </p> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Note: Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"> <img alt="[Note]" src="images/note.png" /> </td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p> Although <span class="emphasis"><em>kord</em></span> is listed as k-rate, it is in fact accessed only at init-time. So if you are using a k-rate argument, it must be assigned with <a class="link" href="init.html" title="init"><em class="citetitle">init</em></a>. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>kfeedback</em></span> -- amount of the output which is fed back into the input of the allpass chain. With larger amounts of feedback, more prominent notches appear in the spectrum of the output. <span class="emphasis"><em>kfeedback</em></span> must be between -1 and +1. for stability. </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>phaser1</em></span> implements <span class="emphasis"><em>iord</em></span> number of first-order allpass sections, serially connected, all sharing the same coefficient. Each allpass section can be represented by the following difference equation: </p> <div class="literallayout"> <p><br /> y(n) = C * x(n) + x(n-1) - C * y(n-1)<br /> </p> </div> <p> where x(n) is the input, x(n-1) is the previous input, y(n) is the output, y(n-1) is the previous output, and C is a coefficient which is calculated from the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>kfreq</em></span>, using the bilinear z-transform. </p> <p> By slowly varying <span class="emphasis"><em>kfreq</em></span>, and mixing the output of the allpass chain with the input, the classic "phase shifter" effect is created, with notches moving up and down in frequency. This works best with <span class="emphasis"><em>iord</em></span> between 4 and 16. When the input to the allpass chain is mixed with the output, 1 notch is generated for every 2 allpass stages, so that with <span class="emphasis"><em>iord</em></span> = 6, there will be 3 notches in the output. With higher values for <span class="emphasis"><em>iord</em></span>, modulating <span class="emphasis"><em>kfreq</em></span> will result in a form of nonlinear pitch modulation. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472904005480"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the phaser1 opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/phaser1.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">phaser1.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472904003624"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 687. Example of the phaser1 opcode.</strong> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472725702296"></a> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="nt"><CsoundSynthesizer></span> <span class="nt"><CsOptions></span> <span class="c1">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span> <span class="c1">; Audio out Audio in No messages</span> -odac -iadc -d <span class="c1">;;;RT audio I/O</span> <span class="c1">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="c1">; -o phaser1.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span> <span class="nt"></CsOptions></span> <span class="nt"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="vg">sr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">44100</span> <span class="vg">kr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4410</span> <span class="vg">ksmps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">10</span> <span class="vg">nchnls</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1">; demonstration of phase shifting abilities of phaser1.</span> <span class="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">1</span> <span class="c1">; Input mixed with output of phaser1 to generate notches.</span> <span class="c1">; Shows the effects of different iorder values on the sound</span> i<span class="n">dur</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p3</span> i<span class="n">amp</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p4</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">.05</span> i<span class="n">order</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p5</span> <span class="c1">; number of 1st-order stages in phaser1 network.</span> <span class="c1">; Divide iorder by 2 to get the number of notches.</span> i<span class="n">freq</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p6</span> <span class="c1">; frequency of modulation of phaser1</span> i<span class="n">feed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">p7</span> <span class="c1">; amount of feedback for phaser1</span> k<span class="n">amp</span> <span class="nb">linseg</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.2</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">amp</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">dur</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mf">.2</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">amp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span> i<span class="n">harms</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="vg">sr</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="mf">.4</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="mi">100</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">gbuzz</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">harms</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.95</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="c1">; "Sawtooth" waveform modulation oscillator for phaser1 ugen.</span> k<span class="n">freq</span> <span class="nb">oscili</span> <span class="mi">5500</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">freq</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span> k<span class="n">mod</span> <span class="o">=</span> k<span class="n">freq</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">5600</span> a<span class="n">phs</span> <span class="nb">phaser1</span> a<span class="n">sig</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">mod</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">order</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">feed</span> <span class="nb">out</span> <span class="p">(</span>a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="o">+</span> a<span class="n">phs</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">*</span> i<span class="n">amp</span> <span class="kd">endin</span> <span class="nt"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="nt"><CsScore></span> <span class="c1">; inverted half-sine, used for modulating phaser1 frequency</span> <span class="nb">f</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">16384</span> <span class="mi">9</span> <span class="mf">.5</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="c1">; cosine wave for gbuzz</span> <span class="nb">f</span><span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">8192</span> <span class="mi">9</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mf">.25</span> <span class="c1">; phaser1</span> <span class="nb">i</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mi">7000</span> <span class="mi">4</span> <span class="mf">.2</span> <span class="mf">.9</span> <span class="nb">i</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">6</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mi">7000</span> <span class="mi">6</span> <span class="mf">.2</span> <span class="mf">.9</span> <span class="nb">i</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">12</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mi">7000</span> <span class="mi">8</span> <span class="mf">.2</span> <span class="mf">.9</span> <span class="nb">i</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">18</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mi">7000</span> <span class="mi">16</span> <span class="mf">.2</span> <span class="mf">.9</span> <span class="nb">i</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">24</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mi">7000</span> <span class="mi">32</span> <span class="mf">.2</span> <span class="mf">.9</span> <span class="nb">i</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">30</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="mi">7000</span> <span class="mi">64</span> <span class="mf">.2</span> <span class="mf">.9</span> <span class="nb">e</span> <span class="nt"></CsScore></span> <span class="nt"></CsoundSynthesizer></span> </pre> </div> </div> </div> <p><br class="example-break" /> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472903999400"></a> <h2>Technical History</h2> <p> A general description of the differences between flanging and phasing can be found in Hartmann [1]. An early implementation of first-order allpass filters connected in series can be found in Beigel [2], where the bilinear z-transform is used for determining the phase shift frequency of each stage. Cronin [3] presents a similar implementation for a four-stage phase shifting network. Chamberlin [4] and Smith [5] both discuss using second-order allpass sections for greater control over notch depth, width, and frequency. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472903997128"></a> <h2>References</h2> <p> </p> <div class="orderedlist"> <ol class="orderedlist" type="1"> <li class="listitem"> <p> Hartmann, W.M. "Flanging and Phasers." Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 439-443, June 1978. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> Beigel, Michael I. "A Digital 'Phase Shifter' for Musical Applications, Using the Bell Labs (Alles-Fischer) Digital Filter Module." Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 673-676,September 1979. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> Cronin, Dennis. "Examining Audio DSP Algorithms." Dr. Dobb's Journal, July 1994, p. 78-83. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> Chamberlin, Hal. Musical Applications of Microprocessors. Second edition. Indianapolis, Indiana: Hayden Books, 1985. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p> Smith, Julius O. "An Allpass Approach to Digital Phasing and Flanging." Proceedings of the 1984 ICMC, p. 103-108. </p> </li> </ol> </div> <p> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472903989656"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="phaser2.html" title="phaser2"><em class="citetitle">phaser2</em></a> </p> <p> Other information about phasers on Wikipedia: <a class="ulink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser_(effect)" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser_(effect)</em></a></p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472903986312"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <p> </p> <table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"> <tr> <td>Author: Sean Costello</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Seattle, Washington</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p>November 2002. 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