Simplified, physically-informed models of distortion and Overdrive guitar effects pedals

Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, DAFx

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 189-196

  Yeh, David T ^a   Abel, Jonathan S ^a   Smith, Julius O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DISTORTION MECHANISMS; GUITAR DISTORTIONS; ICONICS; LOW-PASS FILTERS; MEMORYLESS NONLINEARITIES; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; PROTOTYPE CIRCUITS; REAL- TIME; TIME USE;

LOW PASS FILTERS;

EID: 84872715374     PISSN: 24136700     EISSN: 24136689     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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