COM Objects > Effects object > Methods > Effects.FilterApply method

Remarks

Applies a filter effect to the given player. An existing filter can be reset through the Effects.FilterReset method.

When a filter is activated on any of the players instanced by the control, eventual custom DSPs must be set to work with floating point samples through the CustomDSP.UseFloatSamples method.

See the How to apply special effects to a playing sound section for further details.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.Effects.FilterApply (

nPlayer as Integer,

nFilterName as enumFilterNames,

nFilterType as enumFilterTypes,

fFrequency1 as Single,

fFrequency2 as Single,

fGain as Single,

fTransitionTime as Single

) as enumErrorCodes

[C++]

short control.Effects.FilterApply (

short nPlayer,

short nFilterName,

short nFilterType,

float fFrequency1,

float fFrequency2,

float fGain,

float fTransitionTime

);

Parameter

Description

nPlayer

Number representing the zero-based index of the involved player

nFilterName

Numeric value representing the filter name.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
FILTER_NAME_BESSEL	0	Bessel IIR Filter
FILTER_NAME_BUTTERWORTH	1	Butterworth IIR Filter
FILTER_NAME_HAMMING	2	Hamming FIR Filter
FILTER_NAME_HANNING	3	Hanning FIR Filter
FILTER_NAME_BLACKMAN	4	Blackman FIR Filter
FILTER_NAME_RECTANGULAR	5	Rectangular FIR Filter
FILTER_NAME_KAISER	6	Kaiser FIR Filter

nFilterType

Numeric value representing the filter type.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
FILTER_TYPE_LOW_PASS	0	Low Pass Filter
FILTER_TYPE_HIGH_PASS	1	High Pass Filter
FILTER_TYPE_BAND_PASS	2	Band Pass Filter
FILTER_TYPE_BAND_STOP	3	Stop Band Filter

fFrequency1

First corner frequency, expressed in Hertz.

For Low Pass and High Pass filters, this parameter represents the cut-off frequency.

For Band Pass and Band Stop filters, this parameter represents the low frequency cut.

The value of this parameter must be higher than 0 and smaller than half the frequency of the sound being played; the frequency of the sound being played can be obtained through the GetFrequency method.

fFrequency2

Second corner frequency, expressed in Hertz.

For Low Pass and High Pass filters, this parameter is ignored and can be set to 0.

For Band Pass and Band Stop filters, this parameter represents the high frequency cut and its value must be higher than 0, higher than the value of the fFrequency1 parameter and smaller than half the frequency of the sound being played; the frequency of the sound being played can be obtained through the GetFrequency method.

fGain

Gain applied to the filter, expressed in percentage: typically this parameter should be set to 100 which leaves the original sound level unchanged during filtering; values under 100 reduce the sound level while values above 100 amplify the sound level.

This parameter is ignored by IIR filters like Bessel and Butterworth.

fTransitionTime

Transition time, expressed in milliseconds, describes how quickly a filter transitions from a pass band to a stop band, or vice versa.

The minimum accepted value is 201 milliseconds.

This parameter is ignored by IIR filters like Bessel and Butterworth.

Return value

Value	Meaning

Negative value	An error occurred (see the LastError property for further error details)
enumErrorCodes.ERR_NOERROR (0)	The call was successful.