Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Writing a driver for this card: your thoughts?
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 21:50:00 EEST
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 02:22:09PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
> 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. :-)
In theory, yes. In practice, I think we're still in the "close but no
cigar" stage of modelling amplifiers. But I do think we'll get it
eventually.
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