I'm Dr. Kurt James Werner, a Lecturer in Audio @ the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) @ Queen's University Belfast. I'm active as a researcher and writer, composer of electro-acoustic/acousmatic (&c.) music, author of digital signal processing code & compositional algorithms, & circuit-bender. My research focuses on theoretical aspects of wave digital filters and other virtual analog topics, computer modeling of circuit-bent instruments, & the history of music technology.
My doctoral dissertation, “Virtual Analog Modeling of Audio Circuitry Using Wave Digital Filters” (2016), proposes a number of new techniques for modeling audio circuitry using the WDF approach. Specifically, these new techniques make it so WDFs can be used to model circuit with complicated topologies and multiple nonlinear electrical elements, greatly expanding the class of circuits which can be modeled systematically using WDFs.
My music references elements of generative composition, breakbeat, chiptunes, musique concrète, circuit bending, & (granular & otherwise) synthesis, in juxtaposition & superimposition, directly & indirectly. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics (CBMTA) from Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA, pronounced “karma”), a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering (w/ a secondary field in Acoustics), & a Bachelor of Music in Composition/Theory from UIUC (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

recent and upcoming articles, papers, concerts, presentations, &c.
▸ Virtual Analog Models of Audio Circuitry
@ CCRMA Summer Workshop, Stanford University [19–23 June 2017]
↳ F. G. Germain, K. J. Werner
Come learn the basics of virtual analog modeling from François Germain and I at a CCRMA Summer Workshop. Details here.
▸ Modal Analysis and Synthesis of the University of Michigan Lurie Carillon
@ Resonance and Remembrance: An Interdisciplinary Bell Studies Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor [31 March – 2 Apr. 2017]
↳ E. K. Canfield-Dafilou, K. J. Werner
▸ Dissertation Defense: Virtual Analog Modeling using Wave Digital Filters
@ CCRMA Stage, Thursday, 10 November 2016
↳ K. J. Werner
▸ Sinusoidal Parameter Estimation Using Quadratic Interpolation Around Power-Scaled Magnitude Spectrum Peaks
Appl. Sci., special issue: “Audio Signal Process.”, 2016
↳ K. J. Werner, F. G. Germain (invited article)
▸ Modal Processor Effects Inspired by Hammond Tonewheel Organs
Appl. Sci., special issue: “Audio Signal Process.”, 2016
↳ K. J. Werner, J S. Abel (invited article)
▸ Wave Digital Filter Modeling of Circuits with Operational Amplifiers
@ European Signal Process. Conf. (EUSIPCO), Budapest, Hungary [29 Aug. – 2 Sept. 2016]
↳ K. J. Werner, W. R. Dunkel, M. Rest, M. J. Olsen, J. O. Smith III (invited paper)
▸ Modeling the Hammond Organ Vibrato/Chorus Circuit with Wave Digital Filters
@ Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-16), Brno, Czech Republic [5–9 Sept. 2016]
↳ K. J. Werner, W. R. Dunkel, F. G. Germain
▸ Resolving Grouped Nonlinearities in Wave Digital Filters using Iterative Techniques
@ Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-16), Brno, Czech Republic [5–9 Sept. 2016]
↳ M. J. Olsen, K. J. Werner, J. O. Smith III
▸ The Fender Bassman 5F6-A Family of Preamplifier Circuits—A Wave Digital Filter Case Study
@ Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-16), Brno, Czech Republic [5–9 Sept. 2016]
↳ W. R. Dunkel, M. Rest, K. J. Werner, M. J. Olsen, J. O. Smith III (best paper number three)
▸ RTWDF—A modular wave digital filter library with support for arbitrary topologies and multiple nonlinearities
@ Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-16), Brno, Czech Republic [5–9 Sept. 2016]
↳ M. Rest, W. R. Dunkel, K. J. Werner, J. O. Smith III