[PD] tabread4~ "broken" interpolation algorithm - was Re:, Max Smoother Audio than Pd?

[Matteo Sisti Sette]

Charles Henry escribió:

> The error depends on x the signal.  Here, I want to make the
> *convenient* assumption that the spectrum of x is flat, since we want
> some kind of generality and we want to minimize average error across
> frequencies.  This would make the problem equivalent to using just
> *one* dirac-delta in place of x and we would get the problem to reduce
> back to just the difference of the impulse responses
> 
> |sinc(t)-f(t)|^2

Ah ok.

This *convenient* assumption is equivalent to (or at least implies) 
assuming that the only sample that matters for interpolating the signal 
between -2 and 2 is the one semple at 0.
This seems to me a too much strong assumption.

I'm not saying that your conclusion is wrong (though I suspect it is).

Let's take a step back:

 > Here, I want to make the
 > *convenient* assumption that the spectrum of x is flat

Stated this way, it sounds reasonable, doesn't it. If it does, then it 
means that by "flat spectrum" you mean the _power spectrum_ of x 
considered as a _stochastic process_ rather than a deterministic signal.

Brought to the domain of time, assuming x has a flat power spectrum 
means assuming x is white noise. (btw a closer-to-reality assumption 
would be that it is pink noise - but that's not the point here) Not a 
dirac delta.

So minimizing the error would be to minimize the power, or probably 
energy, of the error meant as a stochastic process.

Though I should have the notions to go a bit further in at least 
_formulating_ (not solving) the problem, those notions are a bit 
oxidated, if not completely gone from my head :(

But I'm sure it is not equivalent to minimizing the integral of the 
difference between the operators applied to a delta function.




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