[LAU] Exciter / Enhancer Plugin [WAS:] Linux-audio-user?Digest , Vol 19, Issue 9

[Folderol]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:51:27 +0200
Fons Adriaensen <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:

> I did some measurements on a real (hardware) Aural Exciter.
> Whatever it does is *very* different from what the harmonic
> generator plugin is doing.
> 
> - Almost all harmonics up to at least the 15th are present.
>   The first few (2,3,4) have almost the same level, above
>   that levels go down gradually, with a clear dip at the
>   seventh.
>   
> - The relative (to the fundamental) level of the harmonics
>   stays more or less the same for a wide range of input
>   levels. This is very different from any simple form of
>   harmonic generator, where the level of the Nth harmonic
>   would be roughly proportional to the Nth power of the 
>   input level.
> 
> Ciao,

Interesting piece of research there. Not surprised about the 7th
harmonic. I believe it is reckoned to be the most dissonant
and unpleasant sounding.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk