Design and Aural Analysis of Signal Processing Using Time Delay

This paper presents the design in PureData of some audio signals processes in real time like delay, echo, reverb, chorus, flanger e phaser. It also applies techniques of Aural Analysis, which intends to solve problems of intrinsic sound perception. We analyze the technical characteristics of each pr...

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Main Authors: Mauricio Perez, Regis Alves Rossi Faria, Rodolfo Coelho de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Teoria e Análise Musical 2020-02-01
Series:Musica Theorica
Online Access:https://revistamusicatheorica.tema.mus.br/index.php/musica-theorica/article/view/121
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author Mauricio Perez
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Rodolfo Coelho de Souza
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description This paper presents the design in PureData of some audio signals processes in real time like delay, echo, reverb, chorus, flanger e phaser. It also applies techniques of Aural Analysis, which intends to solve problems of intrinsic sound perception. We analyze the technical characteristics of each process and the psychoacoustic effects produced by them in human perception and audio applications. The approach for these processes is based mostly on Roads (1996), Berardino and Puckette (2006). We look for a better understanding of how some sound processes based on delay lines, such as simple delay, reverb and echo, affect the frequency spectrum of the processed sound during the time flow. Besides that, we identified other processes that also affect the spectrum, such as chorus, flanger e phaser, which nevertheless many times are not classified as resulting from time processes but as general effects. A deeper comprehension of the consequences of sound processes based on delay lines favors not only the awareness for the identification of the involved phenomena but also the technical choice of which process to use. This knowledge also helps the decision-making in professional audio applications such as the choice and positioning of microphones for audio recording in different acoustic spaces. This skill also benefits sound edition and mixing, besides music composition that employs sound effects in pre-processed or real time.
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spelling doaj.art-07b914f39eec456ab2cba7a70abe0d322023-05-01T22:18:04ZengAssociação Brasileira de Teoria e Análise MusicalMusica Theorica2525-55412020-02-014210.52930/mt.v4i2.121Design and Aural Analysis of Signal Processing Using Time DelayMauricio Perez0Regis Alves Rossi Faria1Rodolfo Coelho de Souza2Universidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloThis paper presents the design in PureData of some audio signals processes in real time like delay, echo, reverb, chorus, flanger e phaser. It also applies techniques of Aural Analysis, which intends to solve problems of intrinsic sound perception. We analyze the technical characteristics of each process and the psychoacoustic effects produced by them in human perception and audio applications. The approach for these processes is based mostly on Roads (1996), Berardino and Puckette (2006). We look for a better understanding of how some sound processes based on delay lines, such as simple delay, reverb and echo, affect the frequency spectrum of the processed sound during the time flow. Besides that, we identified other processes that also affect the spectrum, such as chorus, flanger e phaser, which nevertheless many times are not classified as resulting from time processes but as general effects. A deeper comprehension of the consequences of sound processes based on delay lines favors not only the awareness for the identification of the involved phenomena but also the technical choice of which process to use. This knowledge also helps the decision-making in professional audio applications such as the choice and positioning of microphones for audio recording in different acoustic spaces. This skill also benefits sound edition and mixing, besides music composition that employs sound effects in pre-processed or real time.https://revistamusicatheorica.tema.mus.br/index.php/musica-theorica/article/view/121
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