Modal Excitation in Feedback Delay Networks

Feedback delay networks (FDNs) are used in audio processing and synthesis. The modal shapes of the system describe the modal excitation by input and output signals. Previously, the Ehrlich-Aberth method was used to find modes in large FDNs. Here, the method is extended to the corresponding eigenvectors indicating the modal shape. In particular, the computational complexity of the proposed analysis method does not depend on the delay-line lengths and is thus suitable for large FDNs, such as artificial reverberators. We show the relation between the compact generalized eigenvectors in the delay state space and the spatially extended modal shapes in the state space. We illustrate this method with an example FDN in which the suggested modal excitation control does not increase the computational cost. The modal shapes can help optimize input and output gains. This letter teaches how selecting the input and output points along the delay lines of an FDN adjusts the spectral shape of the system output.

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Audio systems, modal analysis, polynomials, reverberation

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10.1109/LSP.2024.3466790

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Schlecht, S J, Scerbo, M, Sena, E D & Valimaki, V 2024, ' Modal Excitation in Feedback Delay Networks ', IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 31, pp. 2690 - 2694 . https://doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2024.3466790

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