Filters constitute an essential tool for manipulating the spectral content of a signal. While there is a plethora of filtering tools, both in the hardware and software domain, the majority of them are geared towards engineers and scientists, rather than sound designers and electroacoustic composers. The "common-practice" approach is to consider filters as post-production tools. This can be restrictive if filters are to be used as artistic tools, dynamically involved in the shaping of the sound. This thesis was written with this approach in mind its aim is (a) to provide a survey of the various digital recursive filters, enabling a filter designer to choose the one that suits his needs, (b) to teach filter designers, such as electroacoustic composers and sound designers how to calculate digital filter coefficients, and (c) implement filter algorithms using the familiar syntax of computer music languages such as Csound and SuperCollider .
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.28283 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Creators | Katsianos, Themis G. |
| Contributors | Pennycook, Bruce (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Faculty of Music.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001609502, proquestno: MQ43893, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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