corpus_structural.py drives render48k (48k/4096 structural chain) across the
full corpus with bridge-compare mode. Results: comb 6.12 vs bridge 10.15
(structural wins multiband already), res better, single-band worse; dual@500
constant -6.7dB q-independent over-cut exposes missing reduction saturation.
Param sweep (gamma x MULT, verified builds) confirms current optimum; curve
SHAPE is the gap -> Step 7 capture or bigkernel input re-examination.
- Add BandConfig A/B/gamma LUT compression (extracted from refs: A=-13.78dB, B=68.29dB, gamma=0.344)
- Add res^rp smoothing term for bridge-parity (RP0=0.0275, DRP=0.2159)
- Calibrate scale_factor to match bridge gain at tone bin (15.0 * 440.95 / 2048 = 3.23)
- Structural 48k: -26.81 dB vs ref -27.23 dB (err +0.426 dB)
- Bridge baseline: intact (0.000 dB degradation)
- All module checks PASS (fn529fe0, exp2, twin, tables, leveltrack, levelpath, fftconv)
- render48k: resample 44100→48000, process via SpectralProcessor(4096,1024,48000),
resample 44100, write 24-bit stereo WAV
- FramedDetector: structural chain (fn529fe0 sequence) runs on 48000/4096 grid,
bridge path unchanged for 44100/2048
- Structural chain: scale→IIR1→copy→IIR2→mirror→blend→exp2→combine→warp→dry/wet
using live tables (kIIR_A1/B1, kIIR_A2/B2, kBand768, kWarp, kRTAtt/kRTRel)
- Bridge baseline intact (0.000 dB degradation)
- 48k tone test: -20.73 dB vs ref -27.23 dB (6.5 dB error, scale factor not yet
calibrated to match bridge domain)
12094f8 replaced the empirical Pchip LUT with the parametric
linear form (CAP_A_LEVEL=-24/B=28/gamma=1). With gamma=1 the
parametric form reduces to identity on xv=log10(am/res), which
breaks the whole mask chain (t1kq fc-scan err jumps to ~7.9 dB).
Re-instating lut_pchip restores the honest baseline:
t1kq mean|err| 0.226 dB (was 7.9). Confirms NOTES_LEVEL F1
closure: no parametric LUT set beats Pchip at fixed bridge
params; the structural A/B/gamma (level-path ctx+0x188) is the
only real path to bytes, not this parametric substitution.
Full dsp/ check sweep green. fft.cpp = numerical radix-2 (std::cos) not bit-exact
0x140a70; split-radix butterfly + plan-gen giant + sin-table loader remain (multi-week
P3). Required only for FFT-conv byte-parity, not for the bridge renderer.
Extracted the 8x16 irrational tables + lead-in -708.4xx series from soothe_mem.bin
into exp2_tables.{hpp,cpp} (P3 bit-exact inputs). exp2_dsp = numerically-correct
double exp2 matching std::exp2 (wiring fallback; NOT bit-exact yet — the plugin
body has special subnormal/overflow branches and a vfmadd213sd poly not yet 1:1).
exp2_check: 2e6-grid PASS (0 cells >1e-13).
Wiring FFT-conv step5 (mask*=win) gives mean 5.2, combine/acc (att/rel from kRTAtt/
kRTRel) gives 4.7 vs base 0.75-0.80 on representative subset. Both belong to the
exp2(mask) structural chain (blend 0.8 + bigkernel) NOT the fitted bridge final-gain.
No code change; bridge + Pchip stays canonical (0.773).
All previously-derived parametric LUT forms (u563a60 A=-13.78/68.29/0.344, lut5/
lut4 gamma-LUT, power-law, linear 0.483/0.717, real extracted points) tested on the
full 59-case honest 24-bit metric within one fixed bridge pipeline. None beat the
committed Pchip (0.773; worst powerlaw 6.8). F1 closed: parametric curve production
was already done, none accepted; structural A/B/gamma from ctx+0x188 remains the only
path to bytes (blocked on level-path object live capture).
Two test RPPs (res_only1_500 4s, t1kq_only1_1000 6s) rendered twice each via
reaper -nosplash CLI. Data chunks identical across runs AND byte-identical to the
committed reference wavs. Whole-file differs only in the bext render-timestamp.
=> bit-exact (bytes) is REACHABLE; the per-run-dithrandization blocker is closed.
Next: exact structural chain + kernels + internal 48000/4096 geometry + live A/B/gamma.
- sqrt-Hann analysis regressed (0.788/2.91) vs committed Hann-Hann (0.774/2.12).
- Full-corpus G/W/A/rp mask-level fit (0.66) regressed in OLA render (0.812/2.37);
the render metric is the only honest one.
- Residuals level-dependent (t1k_b1f loud +0.8..2.9, al low -1.1..-1.8); solution =
structural A/B/gamma band LUT, combine/acc 0x5407c8 + FFT-conv 0x535a70 (todo #3).
Replaces stale exp2(am/res) chain description + wrong metrics with the actual
honest state: C=G*LUT(log10(am/res))+W*warp^A, gain=(1-C)*res^rp; dual<=0.72,
fc-scan<=0.59, corpus mean 0.77. Documents the 24-bit metric trap, negative
broadband test, and the remaining structural gaps (combine + FFT-conv, A/B/gamma).
Windowed-FFT of dual ref: gain@500=0.309, gain@2000=0.292 but gain@1000 (empty bin)=0.995
=> reduction is per-bin (am_k/res_k), NOT broadband — validates model structure.
16-knot monotone LUT (floor .35/cap .70) regressed corpus mean 0.77->1.09; reverted.
t1k_b1f/al residuals rooted in am-normalization / input-level differences, not LUT shape.
Systematics isolated: Pchip LUT frozen cap under-predicts loud tail (t1k_b1f needs
LUT 0.70 at xv 0.85), over-predicts low tail (al lv24 needs 0.35 at xv -0.5).
Real LUT extracted from refs; parametric fit A=-13.78/B=68.29/g=0.344 regresses dual
(rejects in full render). Structural next: decode BandConfig ctx+0x188 writers.
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