Musicians harness DSPs to craft guitar effects
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Musicians harness DSPs to craft guitar effects
EETimes.com – Sep 25, 2007
— If you see the band Sparta during its current nationwide tour with Velvet Revolver then you may wonder how Sparta’s lead guitarist so quickly switches from the distortion-drenched tone on “Erase it Again” to the sweet vibe of “Air. ” The answer is not that roadies are running around connecting different amps between songs but that Sparta’s lead guitarist Keeley Davis is harnessing a Freescale DSP in a guitar effects “PD” from Line 6 that instantly swaps preset tones. “The unique collaboration between Line 6 and Freescale is not just using DSPs to convey guitar music but is actually at the heart of the calculations creating these tonal landscapes” said Erik Tarkiainen director of product marketing for Line 6 (Calabasas Calif. Line 6’s most recent guitar effect.
At DigitalLife’s press kickoff everyone just wants to play ‘G…
CNET News – Sep 25, 2007
Unfortunately Bess was somewhat flustered at the lack of attention he was getting from the crowd. “There’s more” he said with regard to his brief speech. “I know you want to get to that Hero Guitar thing. My son loves it!”That just about summed up the evening. Although Red ctane’s.
US researchers turn words to music
CBC.ca – Sep 25, 2007
electrical engineers and computer scientists have developed “Google for music” a search engine that takes words and finds tunes to match. ‘(University of California San Diego) Users can search “high energy instrumental with piano” “funky guitar solos” or “upbeat music with female vocals” and locate the songs they want said the researchers from the University of California in San Diego. They have built a system that allows a computer to annotate a song using algorithms they created. nce annotated a user can retrieve it with a text-based search engine they said in a statement Tuesday.
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