Overview

M-input x N-output mixer

Discussion

The mixer module takes multiple input signals, and "mixes" them down to provide one or more output signals

This module implements a full M-input x N-output mixer with a total of MxN coefficients. N = number of channels on the one output pin. M = sum of number of channels on all input pins. When using the module in MATLAB, the coefficients are contained in the .coeffs matrix with the gain from the ith input to the jth output found at coeffs(i, j). From the C code point of view, the .coeffs array is a one dimensional array of length MxN. The gain from input m (0 <= m <= M-1) to output n (0 <= n <= N-1) is stored at:

coeffs[m + n*M]

Put another way, the first M coefficients are the gains needed to compute the first output channel. The next M coefficients are the gains needed to compute the second output channel, and so on.

To avoid unnecessary processing and memory utilization, this module implements a sparse mixer, where only the non-zero gains are used to calculate the output channels. During runtime, if the number of mixer gains that are non-zero is > the maxNonZero argument, only the first maxNonZero gains will be used to calculate the output. The additional gain values will be ignored, regardless of their values in the matrix. Designer will display an error if the number of non-zero gains is > maxNonZero at design and build time, but will not display a warning if gains are changed while the layout is running.

When the module is bypassed, it copies the ith input channel to the ith output channel. If the module has more output channels than input channels, the remaining output channels are set to 0.

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleMixerV3
{
    ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
    INT32 maxNonZero;                             // Maximum number of non zero coefficients.
    INT32 numIn;                                  // Number of input channels.
    FLOAT32* gain;                                // Linear gain.
    FLOAT32* nonZeroGain;                         // Instanteous gain being applied.
    SparseItem * table;                           // Internal data holding data for quick processing
} ModuleMixerV3Class;

Variables

Properties

Pins

Input Pins

Name: in1

Description: Input signal

Data type: float

Channel range: Unrestricted

Block size range: Unrestricted

Sample rate range: Unrestricted

Complex support: Real

Output Pins

Name: out

Description: audio output

Data type: float

MATLAB Usage

File Name: mixer_v3_module.m

 M=mixer_v3_module(NAME, NUMOUT, NUMINPIN, MAXNONZERO)
 Creates a mixer module for use in the Audio Weaver environment. 
 The mixer has multiple input pins and one output pin. Each of the pins 
 can contain multiple interleaved channels. The number of input channels 
 per input pin is determined by the upstream audio module. You must 
 specify the number of input pins and output channels.  
 
 Arguments:
   NAME - name of the module.
   NUMOUT - number of output channels.
   NUMINPIN - number of input pins.
   MAXNONZERO - maximum number of non zero coefficients.