In response to the first complaint, the vDSP_biquadD() function is double 
precision. If vDSP_biquad() is inadequate due to its single precision, then 
substituting vDSP_biquadD() is rather trivial.

In response to the second complaint; the OP has already identified as a novice, 
so writing and debugging inline code will be much more challenging than using 
Apple's tested version. I'm sure there are a few programmers who can produce a 
better implementation than Apple, but why worry about optimization when it's 
not yet proven to be an issue? At the very least, start with Apple's 
vDSP_biquadD() and then benchmark it against inline code.

Brian Willoughby


On Dec 23, 2016, at 8:49 PM, Nigel Redmon <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd skip using that vDSP function, personally. First, it's single precision. 
> If it's a direct form II transposed implementation, it's probably adequate 
> for most cases (but you're cascading four...possibly noise issues at low 
> frequency settings, I guess still ok). Second, I don't think you're going to 
> see a big performance improvement in a vectored IIR, in typical use cases. So 
> I'd be running a plain-ol' inline IIR with doubles. 
> 
> The IIR implementation itself is trivial, and very fast as an inline 
> (otherwise the function call overhead is disproportionate, if performance is 
> an issue). Calculating the coefficients takes a little more knowledge, but 
> you can either use my coefficient calculator (for fixed filters), or the C++ 
> code on my site or elsewhere to calc at runtime. 
> 
> Nigel
> 
> On Dec 24, 2016, at 5:29 AM, Waverly Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Nigel Redmon wrote:
>> >>Maybe this will help? Use four biquads, each set to the same frequency, 
>> >>but with Q set as indicated by the calculator:
>> >>http://www.earlevel.com/main/2016/09/29/cascading-filters/
>>  
>> Evan Balster wrote:
>> >>It took me a while to get my head around digital filter design algorithms.
>> >>You'll need to do the following steps, which I recommend you research 
>> >>individually:
>>  
>> Both of these are EXCELLENT resources.  I’ve been looking into the cascading 
>> filters options that was suggested and I’ll work on implementing that, if I 
>> understand it correctly.
>> I will also look into the C++ library that was recommended as well.
>>  
>> In the process of researching what both of you said, I also found references 
>> to vDSP_biquad.  
>> https://developer.apple.com/reference/accelerate/1450838-vdsp_biquad
>> It sounds like a great way to go but I just have a very surface level 
>> understanding so implementation will be challenging.
> 

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