if you have a transfer function like, b2·s² + b1·s + b0 H(s) = ——————————————————— a2·s² + a1·s + a0 whereas s would be (1 - z⁻¹)∕(1 + z⁻¹)∕e^(j·ω) in the bilinear transform, you can find its magnitude response with this equation: (b2·x)² - (2·b2·b0 - b1²)·W·x·y + (b0·W·y)² |H(j·ω)|² = ————————————————————————————————————————————— (a2·x)² - (2·a2·a0 - a1²)·W·x·y + (a0·W·y)² (analog) x = ω² y = 1 W = ω0² (digital) x = sin(ω∕2)² y = cos(ω∕2)² W = tan(ω0∕2)² whereas ω is the physical frequency in rads/sec ω0 is the center frequency in rads/sec and the phase? maybe some other time note: I'm no math genius and there's probably an error in here