Simulating guitar distortion circuits using wave digital and nonlinear state-Space formulations

Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, DAFx

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 19-26

  Yeh, David T ^a   Smith, Julius O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODE AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MUSIC; SPACE SIMULATORS; STATE SPACE METHODS;

AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS; COMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DIGITAL PRINCIPLE; GUITAR DISTORTIONS; MUSICAL ACOUSTICS; NONLINEAR STATE SPACE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STATE SPACE FORMULATION; TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE AMPLIFICATION;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 84872592715     PISSN: 24136700     EISSN: 24136689     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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