electroacoustics

Comb Filter


A filter which passes the entire frequency range except for a set of very narrow bands, spaced usually at equal distances (on either a linear or logarithmic scale). The roll-off at each of these frequencies is quite sharp, giving a diagram of the response of the filter the shape of a comb. A comb filter effect is found in phasing (also called flanging) and in pinna reflections.

A dynamically changing comb filter effect found in the environmental phasing of the sound of a seaplane taking off.