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# vDSP.Biquad

A single- or double-precision biquadratic filter.

```
struct Biquad<T> where T : vDSP_FloatingPointBiquadFilterable
```

## Overview> Note:
> The vDSP biquadratic filters work in place. That is, the source and destination pointers may point to the same memory.

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init(coefficients:channelCount:sectionCount:ofType:)`](/documentation/Accelerate/vDSP/Biquad/init(coefficients:channelCount:sectionCount:ofType:))

Creates a new single-channel or multichannel cascaded biquad IIR structure.

### Instance methods

[`apply(input:)`](/documentation/Accelerate/vDSP/Biquad/apply(input:))

Applies a single- or double-precision single-channel or multichannel biquad IIR filter, returning the filtered signal.

[`apply(input:output:)`](/documentation/Accelerate/vDSP/Biquad/apply(input:output:))

Applies a single- or double-precision single-channel or multichannel biquad IIR filter, overwriting the supplied output vector.



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