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Background Information

The feedback suppressor uses both notch filters and parametric filters to automatically and quickly suppress multiple

feedback tones and also produce a smooth equalized response which sounds pleasing for music and speech program. Before

using the FBS (Feedback Suppressor), it is helpful to understand the following basic concepts in order to effectively suppress

feedback and achieve good sounding audio program.

Each of the 12 FBS filters available on each FBS input channel can be selected between three different modes:

Restricted - The filter's attenuation level can only be made deeper, or filter bandwidth made broader by the FBS.

Floating filter - The filter's parameters are dynamic in that the FBS will slowly remove the filter if no

longer needed and redeploy at a different frequency as needed. Only floating filters are affected by the Float

Time parameter which is the time after which the FBS will slowly remove the filter.

Manual filter - The filter is not automatically controlled by the FBS, but can only be controlled by the user.

The FBS will automatically use available restricted filters first. If there are no more restricted filters available, the FBS

will automatically use floating filters. The FBS will not automatically change manual filters.

The Sensitivity Control simply adjusts how sensitive the FBS algorithm is to detecting feedback and inserting filters.

For example, a setting of Very Sensitive means the algorithm will aggressively look for anything that could be feedback and

hence it may often insert filters on musical tones. A setting of Very Insensitive means that the FBS would only insert a filter

in the presence of a prolonged feedback tone with very little background noise. The optimal setting of the Sensitivity control

depends on both the spectral content of the audio program (how much the musical instruments sound like feedback), and also

on the amount of background music and noise which tends to mask feedback from the detector. It is best to start with an Average

Sensitivity setting and experiment.

A Locked filter means that the filter is prevented from being changed in any way, either automatically by the FBS or

manually by the user. To change or reset a filter, it must first be unlocked.

FIR Filter (Outputs only)

The FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filter is typically used when a speaker manufacturer develops a proprietary

FIR coefficient file that corresponds directly to their own loudspeaker or speaker cabinet, addressing frequency and phase issues

based on their own measurements and formulations. Plugging in a FIR filter block on a DSP output and then clicking on it will

prompt the user for a *.fir or *.csv text file, which is then loaded and applied to the output DSP. The two file types will have

identical coefficient code, however the *.fir file may add comments (designated by a semi-colon) or a key=value pair definition

such as sample rate. Either file type will work with Protea

Software.

Simple *.fir file example:

; comments section

sampleRate = 48000

+0.0000042920

+0.0000030236

-0.0000040482

Simple *.csv file example:

+0.0000042920

+0.0000030236

-0.0000040482

Note that Protea software does not offer the ability to view or edit the EQ curve produced by a FIR filter. Also, FIR filters

are very DSP intensive, so if a FIR filter is used on an output channel, that same numbered input channel's Feedback Suppressor

will not be available in order to allocate enough DSP power to the FIR filter.

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