CHAPTER 8

Signal Processing and Effects

CHAPTER Contents

Filtering and Equalization

A Typical Practical Equalizer

Graphic Equalizer

Dynamics Processing

Compressor/Limiter

Expanders and Gates

Pitch/Frequency Shifting and Time Stretching

Echo and Reverberation

Vintage Equipment Emulation

Hardware Effects Processors

Audio Repair and Restoration Processing

Recommended Further Reading

This chapter offers a basic introduction to the principles and operational features of signal processing operations and effects, with an emphasis on what they are intended to do, and how they work. These concepts apply similarly to analog and digital equipment, to stand-alone hardware and plug-ins.

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