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] Resolving wave digital filters with multiple/multiport nonlinearities

KJ Werner, V Nangia, JO Smith III, JS Abel - Proc. 18th Conf. Digital Audio …, 2015 - ntnu.edu
We present a novel framework for developing Wave Digital Filter (WDF) models from
reference circuits with multiple/multiport nonlinearities. Collecting all nonlinearities into a …

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 …

Nonlinear circuit simulation by means of Alfred Fettweis' wave digital principles

T Schwerdtfeger, A Kummert - IEEE Circuits and Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A dependable circuit simulation plays an elementary part in the process of commercial
circuit design. However, when Alfred Fettweis invented the concept of Wave Digital Filters …

Wave digital filter adaptors for arbitrary topologies and multiport linear elements

KJ Werner, JO Smith, JS Abel - … on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-15), 2015 - pure.qub.ac.uk
Abstract We present a Modified-Nodal-Analysis-derived method for developing Wave Digital
Filter (WDF) adaptors corresponding to complicated (non-series/parallel) topologies that …

Antiderivative antialiasing for memoryless nonlinearities

S Bilbao, F Esqueda, JD Parker… - IEEE Signal Processing …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aliasing is a commonly encountered problem in audio signal processing, particularly when
memoryless nonlinearities are simulated in discrete time. A conventional remedy is to …

Resolving grouped nonlinearities in wave digital filters using iterative techniques

MJ Olsen, KJ Werner, JO Smith - 19th International Conference on …, 2016 - pure.qub.ac.uk
In this paper, iterative zero-finding techniques are proposed to resolve groups of
nonlinearities occurring in Wave Digital Filters. Two variants of Newton's method are …

[PDF][PDF] The Fender Bassman 5F6-A family of preamplifier circuits—a wave digital filter case study

WR Dunkel, M Rest, KJ Werner, MJ Olsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dafx16.vutbr.cz
ABSTRACT The Fender Bassman model 5F6-A was released in 1958 and has become one
of the most revered guitar amplifiers of all time. It is the progenitor of a long line of related …