Category Archives: FIR Filters

Convolution—in words

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Nigel Redmon

Convolution is a convoluted topic—and that’s what it means (convoluted, from Merriam-Webster : “Extremely complex and difficult to follow. Intricately folded, twisted, or coiled.”). Really, it’s more difficult to explain why you would want to use convolution than it is … Continue reading →

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A closer look at upsampling filters

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Nigel Redmon

Interpolation type: None Zero-order hold Linear Sinc 1 Sinc 2 Sinc 3  Show impulse response Sweep! In this demonstration, we generate a sine wave sweep from low in the audio band to near the Nyquist Frequency, which is half the … Continue reading →

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Sample rate conversion: up

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Nigel Redmon

Once we have a suitable set of FIR filter coefficients from our windowed sinc calculator, it’s time to apply them. Again, our recipe for doubling the sample rate: 1) Insert a zero between existing samples. (This is the upsampling step, … Continue reading →

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Building a windowed sinc filter

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Nigel Redmon

As promised, here’s our windowed sinc calculator for building a 2x oversampling filter:  Factor  Length  Rejection  Gain Notes: Use the Tab or Enter keys to effect changes (most browsers), or press Calculate. The frequency axis is in multiples of the … Continue reading →

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Towards practical resampling

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Nigel Redmon

In a previous article, we looked at sample rate conversion in the frequency domain. Let’s take a quick second look in the time domain as reinforcement of principles behind sample rate conversion, before developing a practical rate convertor. In an … Continue reading →

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