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Nonlinear Distortion

In §6.13, nonlinear elements were introduced in the context of general digital waveguide synthesis. In this section, we discuss specifically virtual electric guitar distortion, and mention other instances of audible nonlinearity in stringed musical instruments.

As discussed in Chapter 6, typical vibrating strings in musical acoustics are well approximated as linear, time-invariant systems, there are special cases in which nonlinear behavior is desired.



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``Physical Audio Signal Processing'', by Julius O. Smith III, W3K Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9745607-2-4
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