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(8.D.1.2) RMSFract32

Overview

RMS detector with built-in smoothing

Discussion

This module calculates the Fractional smoothed RMS value of the input signal on a block-by-block basis. The input pin can have an arbitray number of interleaved channels and the RMS calculation occurs over all channels. The output pin has a single channel and a blockSize of 1.

The following algorithm is used internally. For each block, the sum of the square of all input data is computed (the energy). This includes all channels and the entire block. Next, the energy is divided by the number of samples to yield the average energy. The average energy then passes through a first order lowpass filter with a specified integration time (the smoothingTime). Finally, the square root of the filter output is computed and this serves as the output of the module.

The module also exposes some of the computed signals as state variables. filteredValue holds the output of the module (the smoothed RMS value). instantaneousValue holds the square root of the average energy in the block; no smoothing.

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleRMSFract32 { ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance; // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure FLOAT32 smoothingTime; // Time interval over which to smooth the measurement fract32 instantaneousValue; // Instantaneous (unsmoothed) output value fract32 filteredValue; // Smoothed output value fract32 a1; // a1 coefficient of 1st order smoothing filter fract32 b0; // b0 coefficient of 1st order smoothing filter fract32 b1; // b1 coefficient of 1st order smoothing filter fract32 xNm1; // Delayed input sample fract32 yNm1; // Delayed output sample } ModuleRMSFract32Class;

Variables

Properties

Name

Type

Usage

isHidden

Default value

Range

Units

smoothingTime

float

parameter

0

1000

0:10000

msec

instantaneousValue

fract32

state

0

0

-60:10

 

filteredValue

fract32

state

0

0

-60:10

 

a1

fract32

derived

1

-0.9958

Unrestricted

 

b0

fract32

derived

1

0.00418

Unrestricted

 

b1

fract32

derived

1

0

Unrestricted

 

xNm1

fract32

state

1

0

Unrestricted

 

yNm1

fract32

state

1

0

Unrestricted

 

Pins

Input Pins

Name: in1

Description: Audio input

Data type: fract32

Channel range: Unrestricted

Block size range: Unrestricted

Sample rate range: Unrestricted

Complex support: Real

Output Pins

Name: out

Description: Filtered RMS output

Data type: fract32

MATLAB Usage

File Name: rms_fract32_module.m

M=rms_fract32_module(NAME, NUMIN, OUTPUTVALUE) RMS detector with built-in smoothing. The module accepts multiple input signals and computes a control signal which reprsents the Smoothed RMS value. Arguments: NAME - name of the module. NUMIN - number of input pins

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