Review of Zero Padding

Expanding on the discussion in §2.5, zero-padding is used for

• Spectral interpolation

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  Clearer spectral magnitude/phase plots

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  Sinusoidal peak tracking (e.g., to help quadratic interpolation)

• To extend to the next highest power of 2 (FFT)
• To make room for ``filter ringing'' in overlap-add convolution using an FFT

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