Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Writing a driver for this card: your thoughts?
From: Lamar Owen (lamar.owen_AT_wgcr.org)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 21:22:09 EEST
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 11:18 am, Paul Winkler wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 07:43:14PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
> > Class A design has it's strong points. As long as you are in a good
> > linear portion of the transconductance curve you're OK.
> As a sometime guitarist, I'd say Class A has its strong points well
> into distortion...
But then the amplifier is *producing* sound rather than *reproducing* sound,
and has become a form of compressor. A compressor with some interesting
curves, maybe, but a compressor nonethless. And a compressor one can model
and produce identical characteristics in effects plugins. :-)
As a sometimes guitar player myself, that is. Still have my copy of
Anderton's 'Electronic Projects for Musicians' lying around here.
-- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11
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