4-band (octave) noise gate implemented using polyphase IIR all-pass second-order up and down samplers.
Each octave frequency band has its own adjustable noise gate. This is a good example of multi-rate signal processing
whereby high computational efficiency can be achieved by successively downsampling the signal such that the
processing in each "band" is running at a successively lower sample rate. In this example, each band is an octave lower
than the previous (due to the factor of 2 downsampling). The downsamplers are implemented using 2-channel recursive
filter banks (consisting of complementary hi - lo allpass filters implemented in polyphase form). This is the most efficient
method of implementing the filter banks. (However, since these IIR filters do not exhibit linear-phase characteristics they
may be unacceptable in some applications.) This DrawingBoard clearly illustrates the powerful multi-rate functionality of
WaveWarp, a key feature of the software. Try out different effects in the various frequency bands !
