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abs~

Absolute value of a signal

Description

abs~ will take any given signal and output only the absolute (non-negative) translation of that signal (i.e. a rectified waveform). All negative values in the input signal are converted to positive values in the output.

Arguments

None.

Messages

signal

Any signal.

Information for box attributes common to all objects

Output

signal: A signal consisting of samples which are the absolute (i.e., non-negative) value of the samples in the input signal.

Examples

Convert negative signal values to positive signal values