Where/when did "modern" guitar tone begin?

[Solarflares]

What if you wanted to see what a Rat sounded like with extra gain and a Big Muff tone control?

Bugger that.
That would be like using an information Highway to send pics of your last meal.

 

[Chistopher]

Bugger that.
That would be like using an information Highway to send pics of your last meal.

It's actually very simple. It's kind of like how you can put a picture on a screen using a bunch of small RGB LEDs, except you are making a circuit using a bunch of small units of varying inductance, resistance, and capacitance. There's more to it than that, but it's not exactly reinventing the wheel

 

[Solarflares]

It's actually very simple. It's kind of like how you can put a picture on a screen using a bunch of small RGB LEDs, except you are making a circuit using a bunch of small units of varying inductance, resistance, and capacitance. There's more to it than that, but it's not exactly reinventing the wheel

No. I know exactly what you’re talking about.

I can only bounce back and point out that another way is to intelligently predict the effect a virtual circuit would have on a complex waveform, and redraw it.

 

[Chistopher]

No. I know exactly what you’re talking about.

I can only bounce back and point out that another way is to intelligently predict the effect a virtual circuit would have on a complex waveform, and redraw it.

That is what a lot of companies are doing now. I know for a fact the QuadCortex does that. It doesn't exactly work with non-linear systems though. You couldn't model a Fuzz Factory through your method, you could with mine however.

 

[Solarflares]

That is what a lot of companies are doing now. I know for a fact the QuadCortex does that. It doesn't exactly work with non-linear systems though. You couldn't model a Fuzz Factory through your method, you could with mine however.

Define non-linear systems.
You are not being clear.
The end result is an altered waveform, whatever method.

 

[80's_Metal]

One could argue this.

 

[Chistopher]

Define non-linear systems.
You are not being clear.
The end result is an altered waveform, whatever method.

Nonlinear means you can't apply a constant transformation to a signal. More generally, changes in input don't produce proportional, and easily predictable changes in output.

In a nonlinear system, the input signal at t=0 might effect the output signal at t=1. Or the amplitude of input frequency A might effect the amplitude of output frequency B

 

[Chistopher]

Also FPGA is real-time. Not even the best algorithm can match that

 

[jeremy]

One could argue this.
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i love ac/dc and think the brothers both get great tone, but theres nothing ground breaking about an sg into a cranked marshall played with attitude, even if it kicks ass. now the shorts... that might be a first

 

[Mincer]

So many great sounds were made mis-using limited technology, from Fripp's tape decks to more modern Fractals/Quad Cortex users setting up rigs that were impossible in real life.