Aren't passing and cutting the same thing? When I pass gas my girlfriend always asks, "Did you just cut one?"
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Motion to Rename HPF and LPF
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A high pass filter allows frequencies above (higher than) the cutoff/rolloff frequency point to pass through the filter unattenuated. i.e. the frequencies higher than your cut-off point are allowed to pass. And vice versa for low pass filters. I mentioned in my post I get that some people prefer hi-cut/low-cut, but I don't understand what is counter-intuitive about the name of the HPF/LPF.
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The named frequencies are allowed to pass through and be heard and the others aren't. It's not complicated and it makes perfect sense.
So lots of posts hung up on the word "filter". In this case it is a noun, specifically a type of circuit.Just for the sake of philosophy, to play a little, and because I mostly agree with the OP, let me point out that applying the same logic to your example, a coffee filter should be called a "WATER PASS FILTER"... Since what it does is letting the coffee infused water through but keeping out the coffee grounds themselves...
So I think you are mostly agreeing with the OP's opinion
It doesn't "filter" anything. It is a filter that passes the specified band of frequencies. Look to the adjectives for the description of action.
A wide notch filter is also a band stop filter (stops a band of frequencies)
Or BS filter for short. I think we all need one.
Or BS filter for short. I think we all need one.
I actually agree. Naming a FILTER according to what it doesn't filter is confusing and illogical. I'd just use the terms high filter (= filters highs) and low filter. Band pass filter could stay unchanged.
Still, never gonna happen.
HCF and LCF. Adjusting the knob sets the freq the cut starts....... otherwise you are setting freq that doesn't get passed. Bass awkward.
A pass that lets everyone except you into the halls?
Who am I kidding? I just find the nearest trash can. A metaphor for my life as a whole.
Cave Puppy
"Humph Bo, he's wond!" - John Lennon
High Pass = Low Cut (cutting the lows letting the highs pass), Low Pass = High cut (cutting the highs letting the low pass). It might make more sense if you look at it from an audio engineer/mixing standpoint.
I used to think anyone could be an electrical engineer (I am, after all, and if I can, then anyone should be able). After reading this thread, I'm not so sure about that premise.
The terminology is from the most basic, standard, fundamental categories of filter types that are studied in first-year signals classes. They do exactly what their names imply: they pass the relative frequencies of interest (high, low, etc) through the circuit to the next stage and shunt all other frequencies to ground.
If college freshmen and high school kids can understand it, then it's not difficult.
The terminology is from the most basic, standard, fundamental categories of filter types that are studied in first-year signals classes. They do exactly what their names imply: they pass the relative frequencies of interest (high, low, etc) through the circuit to the next stage and shunt all other frequencies to ground.
If college freshmen and high school kids can understand it, then it's not difficult.
Cave Puppy
"Humph Bo, he's wond!" - John Lennon
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Probably a difference between "anyone can be" and "anyone should be"
It's a small thing, but I find the terms High Pass Filter and Low Pass Filter confusing. Every time I hear the terms, I have to think through what they're doing. I propose going back in time and popularizing them as Low Cut Filter and High Cut Filter! You know, name the filters after what they filter instead of what they don't filter.
I'm not an idiot (abundant life-choice counterexamples aside) and I have, like, totally serious degrees in engineering and stuff. I can figure out what these pedals do. They just need better names, IMHO. Just me?
… but it passes the highs…
And it has many, many, many electrical applications beyond 'muh eq'
like I know we are being silly here, but I think it's a good opportunity to note that the naming high-pass/ low-pass can be quite informative of how to apply it as opposed to the bass and treble knobs
I agree with the OP, but have learned to accept the nomenclature, along with "Jumbo Shrimp", "It goes without saying" and "Political Science".
For those of us who grab spark plugs while they're still hot, maaaaaaybe think about steering clear, though..
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