Velvet-Noise Feedback Delay Network

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Abstract

Artificial reverberation is an audio effect used to simulate the acoustics of a space while controlling its aesthetics, particularly on sounds recorded in a dry studio environment. Delay-based methods are a family of artificial reverberators using recirculating delay lines to create this effect. The feedback delay network is a popular delay-based reverberator providing a comprehensive framework for parametric reverberation by formalizing the recirculation of a set of interconnected delay lines. However, one known limitation of this algorithm is the initial slow build-up of echoes, which can sound unrealistic, and overcoming this problem often requires adding more delay lines to the network. In this paper, we study the effect of adding velvet-noise filters, which have random sparse coefficients, at the input and output branches of the reverberator. The goal is to increase the echo density while minimizing the spectral coloration. We compare different variations of velvet-noise filtering and show their benefits. We demonstrate that with velvet noise, the echo density of a conventional feedback delay network can be exceeded using half the number of delay lines and saving over 50% of computing operations in a practical configuration using low-order attenuation filters.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects
PublisherDAFx
Pages219-226
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 9 Sep 2020
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
EventInternational Conference on Digital Audio Effects - Virtual (Initially Vienna), Vienna, Austria
Duration: 9 Sep 202011 Sep 2020
Conference number: 23
https://dafx2020.mdw.ac.at/eDAFx2020/index.html
https://dafx2020.mdw.ac.at/

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects
ISSN (Print)2413-6700
ISSN (Electronic)2413-6689

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Digital Audio Effects
Abbreviated titleDAFx
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period09/09/202011/09/2020
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Keywords

  • Audio Effects
  • Reverberation
  • Digital signal processing

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