What Is A Filter - E-Mu MP-7 command station Owner's Manual

What is a Filter?

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Most sounds are complex waves containing many sine waves of various
amplitudes and frequencies. A filter is a device which allows us to
remove certain components of a sound depending on its frequency. For
example, a low-pass filter lets the low frequencies pass and removes only the
high frequencies as illustrated in the following diagram.
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80
Output of Filter
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40
20
40
A filter that lets only the high frequencies pass is called a high-pass filter as
illustrated in the following diagram.
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80
60
40
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40
Cutoff Frequency
80 160 360 720 1440 2880
Frequency
Initial Frequency
Filter Output
80 160 360 720 1440 2880
Frequency
Programming Basics
Dynamic Filters
Low Pass
Filter
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High Pass
Filter
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