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Convention Paper

Adaptive Digital Oscillator for Virtual Acoustic Feedback

Authors: Gabrielli, Leonardo; Giobbi, Marco; Squartini, Stefano; Välimäki, Vesa

AES Convention 136 · Paper 9066 · April 2014

Abstract

In the domain of Virtual Acoustics research, the emulation of acoustic feedback, such as the so-called guitar howling, has been scarcely addressed. This paper takes pace from this peculiar effect to introduce a computational technique aimed at its emulation and extension to possible new scenarios of Virtual Acoustics. A nonlinear digital oscillator for real-time operation with good stability properties and low computational cost is employed to emulate guitar feedback (or guitar howling). The oscillator frequency is tuned according to a pitch detection system that adaptively tracks pitch changes in real-time. A real-time implementation of the algorithm in the Puredata environment has been developed to provide guitar howling emulation.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 136
AES Convention
136
Paper number
9066
Publication date
April 6, 2014
Session subject
Audio Signal Processing/Transducers/Recording/Network Audio
Affiliation
Universitá Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy; Aalto University, Espoo, Finland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper