DocumentCode
2329799
Title
Wave Digital Simulation of a Vacuum-Tube Amplifier
Author
Karjalainen, Matti ; Pakarinen, Jyri
Author_Institution
Lab. of Acousti. & Audio Signal Process., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo
Volume
5
fYear
2006
fDate
14-19 May 2006
Abstract
Virtual analog modeling is needed when simulating classic analog circuitry by DSP, for example when emulating analog sound synthesis and sound reproduction systems. In this paper we show how wave digital filters (WDFs) can be applied to efficient real-time simulation of vacuum-tube amplifier stages, typical in professional guitar amplifiers, which pose nonlinear behavior for desired distortion effects
Keywords
amplifiers; sound reproduction; vacuum tubes; wave digital filters; DSP; analog sound synthesis; distortion effects; professional guitar amplifiers; sound reproduction systems; vacuum-tube amplifier; virtual analog modeling; wave digital filters; wave digital simulation; Acoustic distortion; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; Digital filters; Digital signal processing; Digital simulation; Nonlinear distortion; Resistors; Signal processing algorithms; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2006. ICASSP 2006 Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Toulouse
ISSN
1520-6149
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0469-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICASSP.2006.1661235
Filename
1661235
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