Code Generation and Deployment

Generate standalone applications for desktop computers, mobile devices, and embedded targets

After you develop your application using Audio Toolbox™ features, you can generate portable C/C++ source code, standalone executables, or standalone applications from your MATLAB^® code or Simulink^® model. With code generation, you can:

Run your algorithm on machines that do not have MATLAB or Simulink installed.
Speed up processing while you work in the MATLAB or Simulink environment.
Embed your algorithm in hardware.
Incorporate your algorithms into legacy code.

This table compares deployment characteristics of MATLAB Compiler™ and MATLAB Coder™ functionality. Use this table to decide how to deploy your MATLAB code or Simulink model.

Deployment Characteristic	Using MATLAB Compiler Functionality	Using MATLAB Coder Functionality
Output	Nonreadable shared libraries.	Portable and readable C source code.
Library dependency	MATLAB Runtime.	Library dependency only for audio I/O features: Run Audio I/O Features Outside MATLAB and Simulink.
Supported platforms for deployment	Windows^®, Mac, and Linux^®.	Any platform that supports ANSI^®/ISO^® C/C++ code.
Intellectual property protection	Packaged code is encrypted.	Code is not encrypted. You can protect your IP by generating shared libraries instead of readable code.
Algorithm acceleration	Same speed as MATLAB.	Potentially faster, depending on the algorithm.
MATLAB graphics	Supported.	Not supported.

To deploy an audio plugin to a digital audio workstation, see Export a MATLAB Plugin to a DAW.

To deploy an audio plugin to Simulink, see Include an Audio Plugin in Simulink.

Topics

What Is C/C++ Code Generation from MATLAB?
Code generation using MATLAB Coder.
Run Audio I/O Features Outside MATLAB and Simulink
Set your system environment to use dynamic library files for deployed audio I/O System objects and blocks.
Recognize and Display Spoken Commands on Android Device (Simulink)
This example shows how to use the Simulink® Support Package for Android® Devices to deploy a deep learning algorithm that recognizes and displays commands spoken through your Android device such as a phone or tablet.
Deploy Smart Speaker Model on Raspberry Pi
Perform code generation and deploy Simulink smart speaker model on Raspberry Pi® hardware.
Generate Code for Parametric Audio Equalizer Model
Model a three-band parametric equalizer for code generation on multiple hardware targets. (Since R2024b)

Related Information

Active Noise Control: From Modeling to Real-Time Prototyping
Appropriate Tasks for MATLAB Compiler Products (MATLAB Compiler)
Standalone Applications (MATLAB Compiler)

Featured Examples

Speech Command Recognition Code Generation with Intel MKL-DNN

Deploy feature extraction and a convolutional neural network (CNN) for speech command recognition on Intel® processors. To generate the feature extraction and network code, you use MATLAB® Coder™ and the Intel® Math Kernel Library for Deep Neural Networks (MKL-DNN). In this example, the generated code is a MATLAB executable (MEX) function, which is called by a MATLAB script that displays the predicted speech command along with the time domain signal and auditory spectrogram. For details about audio preprocessing and network training, see Train Deep Learning Network for Speech Command Recognition.

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Speech Command Recognition Code Generation on Raspberry Pi

Generate code and deploy feature extraction and speech command recognition network on Raspberry Pi hardware.

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Parametric Audio Equalizer for Android Devices

Use the Single-Band Parametric EQ block and the multibandParametricEQ System object™ from the Audio Toolbox™ to implement a parametric audio equalizer model. You can run the model on your host computer or deploy it to an Android device.

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Generate Standalone Executable for Parametric Audio Equalizer

Generate a standalone executable for parametric equalization using MATLAB Coder™ and use it on an audio file. multibandParametricEQ is used for the equalization algorithm. The example allows you to dynamically adjust the coefficients of the filters using a user interface (UI) that is running in MATLAB.

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Deploy Audio Applications with MATLAB Compiler

Use MATLAB Compiler™ to create a standalone application from a MATLAB function. The function implements an audio processing algorithm and plays the result through your audio output device.

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Desktop Real-Time Audio Acceleration with MATLAB Coder

Accelerate a real-time audio application using C code generation with MATLAB Coder.

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