`scipy.signal._filter_design:gammatone`

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/signal/_filter_design.py:5898

Signature

def gammatone(freq, ftype, order = None, numtaps = None, fs = None, *, xp = None, device = None)

Summary

Gammatone filter design.

Extended Summary

This function computes the coefficients of an FIR or IIR gammatone digital filter ^[1].

Parameters

freq : float: Center frequency of the filter (expressed in the same units as fs).
ftype : {'fir', 'iir'}: The type of filter the function generates. If 'fir', the function will generate an Nth order FIR gammatone filter. If 'iir', the function will generate an 8th order digital IIR filter, modeled as as 4th order gammatone filter.
order : int, optional: The order of the filter. Only used when ftype='fir'. Default is 4 to model the human auditory system. Must be between 0 and 24.
numtaps : int, optional: Length of the filter. Only used when ftype='fir'. Default is fs*0.015 if fs is greater than 1000, 15 if fs is less than or equal to 1000.
fs : float, optional: The sampling frequency of the signal. freq must be between 0 and fs/2. Default is 2.
xp : array_namespace, optional: Optional array namespace. Should be compatible with the array API standard, or supported by array-api-compat. Default: numpy
device : any: optional device specification for output. Should match one of the supported device specification in xp.

Returns

b, a : ndarray, ndarray: Numerator (b) and denominator (a) polynomials of the filter.

Raises

: ValueError: If freq is less than or equal to 0 or greater than or equal to fs/2, if ftype is not 'fir' or 'iir', if order is less than or equal to 0 or greater than 24 when ftype='fir'

Examples

16-sample 4th order FIR Gammatone filter centered at 440 Hz

from scipy import signal

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signal.gammatone(440, 'fir', numtaps=16, fs=16000)

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(array([ 0.00000000e+00,  2.22196719e-07,  1.64942101e-06,  4.99298227e-06,
        1.01993969e-05,  1.63125770e-05,  2.14648940e-05,  2.29947263e-05,
        1.76776931e-05,  2.04980537e-06, -2.72062858e-05, -7.28455299e-05,
       -1.36651076e-04, -2.19066855e-04, -3.18905076e-04, -4.33156712e-04]), array([1.]))

IIR Gammatone filter centered at 440 Hz

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

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fc, fs = 440, 16000
b, a = signal.gammatone(fc, 'iir', fs=fs)
w, h = signal.freqz(b, a)

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plt.plot(w * fs / (2 * np.pi), 20 * np.log10(abs(h)))

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[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f3f60fee900>]

plt.xscale('log')

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plt.title('Gammatone filter frequency response')
plt.xlabel('Frequency [Hz]')
plt.ylabel('Amplitude [dB]')

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Text(0, 0.5, 'Amplitude [dB]')

plt.margins(0, 0.1)
plt.grid(which='both', axis='both')

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plt.axvline(fc, color='green') # cutoff frequency

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<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f3f60feecf0>

plt.show()

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Aliases

scipy.signal.gammatone