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Course detail

Digital Audio Signal Processing

FEKT-MCASAcad. year: 2009/2010

Parameters and information content of acoustic signals, sound and its essential properties and parameters, human sound reception, essentials of digital signal processing, DSP programming techniques, time-invariant and time-variant systems implemetation, structures and substructures for implementation of DSP algorithms, sound signal filtration with FIR and IIR systems, parametric filtration, time-variant filters, musical efects based on signal delay, systems for signal dynamics adjustment, nonlinear systems and distortion systems, sound panning systems, systems for auditory space simulation, reverberation algorithms, MPEG compression algorithms.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students get a detailed overview about digital signal processing of sound and musical signals. They wil be able to design algorithms for acoustic signal processing, which are directly designed for CPU of computer system or for signal processor. They get accustomed to working in the mixing or mastering digital musical studio.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Sound and its essential properties, propagation, parameters, equal loudness contours, frequency range, sound source localization, masking.
2. DSP signals and systems, clasification, time-invariant and time-variant systems, various approaches to DSP implementation.
3. Fundamental instruments and structures for DSP system implementation, forms, buffers, structures and substructures, COLA and VOLA segmentation.
4. Essential and advanced delay structures, comb filters, recirculation loops, nested all-pass filters, feedback delay networks.
5. Frequency filters with infinite impulse response, parametric filters, state-space filter, time-variant IIR filters (phaser, wah-wah).
6. Frequency filters with finite impulse response, fast algorithms, weighting windows, time-variant FIR filters, overlap-add method.
7. Musical effects based on signal delay, echo, multiecho, vibrato, phaser, chorus, flanger.
8. Systems for signal dynamics adjustment, limiter, compressor, expander, noise gate, frequency dependent systems with dynamics adjustment (deeser a maxbass).
9. Voltera model of nonlinear distortion. implemetation of distortion models, harmonic and subharmonic frequencies generation, principle of simulation of guitar amplifiers distortion.
10. Frequency independent distortion systems, quadratic, exponential, symetric and assymetric clipping, hard and soft clipping, frequency dependent distortion systems (exciter, enhancer).
11. Sound panning systems, systems for auditory space simulation, various types and approaches to auditory space simulation.
12. Reverberation algorithms, simulation of early and multiple reflections, simulation of late reverberation, structures used for simulation.
13. Losses compression algorithms, essential algorithm of losses compression. MPEG1 layer 1, 2, 3 coder and decoder .

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To provide students with information about essential methods and procedures in the area of digital audio signal processing. Considerable attention is devoted to the present trends in the area of sound and musical signals.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

E. Ifeachor, B. Lervis:Digital Signal Processing,Addison Wesley
U. Zolzer: Digital Audio Signal Processing, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-M Master's

    branch M-TIT , 2. year of study, winter semester, optional specialized

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch ET-CZV , 1. year of study, winter semester, optional specialized

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Sound features and parameters, principles of sound reception.
Acoustic signal visualization.
Essential methods and algorithms of digital audio signal processing.
Musical effects - modulation effects, effects changing the signal dynamics.
Musical effects - parametric and dynamic equalization, reverberation algorithms.
Musical signal synthesis.
Recording, broadcasting and portable digital sound formats and media, sound and PC.
Psychoacoustic compression algorithms.
Speech generation and its parameters.
Speech compression and transmission.
Speech synthesis.
Change in speech parameters.
Noise reduction methods for acoustic signals.

Laboratory exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Matlab, Simulink and DSP-Blockset
Sound editor SF Sound Forge
Multichannel sound editor Steinberg NUENDO
The alghorithm rules for sound signals editing 1
The alghorithm rules for sound signals editing 2
The alghorithm rules for sound signals editing 3
The individual project elaboration (6 exercises)