Real-time black-box modelling with recurrent neural networks

A Wright, EP Damskägg, V Välimäki - International Conference on …, 2019 - research.aalto.fi
This paper proposes to use a recurrent neural network for blackbox modelling of nonlinear
audio systems, such as tube amplifiers and distortion pedals. As a recurrent unit structure …

Real-time guitar amplifier emulation with deep learning

A Wright, EP Damskägg, L Juvela, V Välimäki - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article investigates the use of deep neural networks for black-box modelling of audio
distortion circuits, such as guitar amplifiers and distortion pedals. Both a feedforward …

Real-time modeling of audio distortion circuits with deep learning

EP Damskägg, L Juvela, V Välimäki - Sound and music computing …, 2019 - research.aalto.fi
This paper studies deep neural networks for modeling of audio distortion circuits. The
selected approach is blackbox modeling, which estimates model parameters based on the …

Modeling circuits with arbitrary topologies and active linear multiports using wave digital filters

KJ Werner, A Bernardini, JO Smith… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The wave digital filter (WDF) technique derives digital filters from analog prototypes that
classically have been restricted to passive circuits with series/parallel topologies. Since most …

[PDF][PDF] Black-box modeling of distortion circuits with block-oriented models

F Eichas, U Zölzer - Proceedings of the International Conference on …, 2016 - dafx16.vutbr.cz
This paper describes black-box modeling of distortion circuits. The analyzed distortion
circuits all originate from guitar effect pedals, which are widely used to enrich the sound of …

Linear multistep discretization methods with variable step-size in nonlinear wave digital structures for virtual analog modeling

A Bernardini, P Maffezzoni… - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a growing interest in Virtual Analog modeling algorithms for musical audio
processing designed in the Wave Digital (WD) domain. Such algorithms typically employ a …

An improved and generalized diode clipper model for wave digital filters

KJ Werner, V Nangia, A Bernardini, JO Smith III… - … Society Convention 139, 2015 - aes.org
We derive a novel explicit wave-domain model for “diode clipper" circuits with an arbitrary
number of diodes in each orientation, applicable, eg, to wave digital filter emulation of guitar …

Modeling nonlinear wave digital elements using the Lambert function

A Bernardini, KJ Werner, A Sarti… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A large class of transcendental equations involving exponentials can be made explicit using
the Lambert W function. In the last fifteen years, this powerful mathematical tool has been …

Gray-box modeling of guitar amplifiers

F Eichas, U Zölzer - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 2018 - aes.org
In this work analog guitar amplifiers are modeled with an automated procedure using
input/output measurements and iterative optimization. The digital model is an extended …

Deep learning-based wave digital modeling of rate-dependent hysteretic nonlinearities for virtual analog applications

O Massi, AI Mezza, R Giampiccolo… - EURASIP Journal on …, 2023 - Springer
Electromagnetic components greatly contribute to the peculiar timbre of analog audio gear.
Indeed, distortion effects due to the nonlinear behavior of magnetic materials are known to …