4. DIGITAL FILTER DESIGN

In the previous exercise, we used a very simple filter in order to remove the DC offset. Although the applied filter does the necessary job, it also removes frequencies of interest! Try running the Python script with and without this simple high pass filter (HPF), and you'll notice a lot of the lower frequencies of the voice are removed when applying this filter.

This motivates the design and use of a filter with a sharper slope/roll-off. In this chapter, we approach this task in order to replace the simplistic filter used earlier. After all, no DSP module is complete without a section on filter design!

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