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Engineering Brief

Differences between Recorded and Emulated Guitar Sounds

Authors: Majewski, Maciej; Malecki, Pawel

AES Convention 138 · Paper 186 · May 2015

Abstract

Is it possible to create an emulated guitar sound similar to the recorded one? Why not! First of all, the direct signal from the guitar is prepared. After that, using a “reamping” technique the desired sound is recorded. Subsequently the whole audio track is emulated using device called “Kemper.” Then the listening tests among people who work in the music industry were performed for subjective comparison of prepared sounds. The comparison of numerical audio parameters is provided using Matlab scripts. The results analysis show the performance of modern emulation techniques in compare to the traditional multitrack recording. Major benefits and losses are discussed.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 138
AES Convention
138
Paper number
186
Publication date
May 6, 2015
Affiliation
Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Krakow, Poland; AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief