[PD-ot] Re: [PD] smallest possible value of a delay-time

[Nicolas Leveille]

A delay in general is a type of filter, an "all-pass" filter. 

here is one of the first hits I got from google that would be relevant to your 
problem:

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~elec431/projects97/Phhh/431paper.html

> hmm, quickly thinking about it (and moving the discussion to the [OT]
> list)...
> 

> On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 12:35:17AM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > hi
> > 
> > i had a discussion with a teacher today. the topic was the smallest
> > delay-time possible. in his opinion one sample is the atom of signal and
> > cannot be divided anymore. in my opinion it should be possible to get
> > shorter delays than 1 samples with interpolation. my argument was: it
> should
> > be possible to set the values of each sample so, that the resulting signal
> > would be similar to a digitized analogue signal with a shorter than 1
> sample
> > delay.
> > 
> > Does anybody know a good explanation for this problem?
> > 
> > i konw, this haven't got anything to do with pd. but i think you are the
> > right people to ask. by the way: if it is possible, how would a
> realization
> > in pd look like?
> > 
> > thank you for helpin me
> > 
> > roman
> > 
> > 
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