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Convention Paper

Parametric Recursive Higher-Order Shelving Filters

Authors: Holters, Martin; Zölzer, Udo

AES Convention 120 · Paper 6722 · May 2006

Abstract

The main characteristic of shelving filters, as commonly used in audio equalization, is to amplify or attenuate a certain frequency band by a given gain. For parametric equalizers, a filter structure is desirable that allows independent adjustment of the width and center frequency of the band, and the gain. In this paper, we present a design for arbitrary-order shelving filters and a suitable parametric structure. A low shelving filter design based on Butterworth filters is decomposed such that the gain can be easily adjusted. Transformation to the digital domain is performed, keeping gain and denormalized cut-off frequency independently controllable. Finally, we obtain mid and high shelving filters using a simple manipulation, providing the desired parametric filter structure.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 120
AES Convention
120
Paper number
6722
Publication date
May 6, 2006
Session subject
Signal Processing; High Resolution Audio
Affiliation
Helmut-Schmidt-University (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper