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DSP Equalization of Electret Film Pickup for Acoustic Guitar

The response of guitar bridge pickups does not correspond to the acoustic radiation of the instrument. If authentic acoustic sound is desired, a mixture of pickup and air microphone signals is often used. In this study we apply digital signal processing to obtain high-quality acoustic sound using only an elastic electret film pickup and properly designed digital filtering for equalization.

Authors: Karjalainen, Matti; Valimaki, Vesa; Raisanen, Heikki; Saastamoinen, Harri
Affiliations: Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland ; EMF Acoustics Oy Ltd, Espoo, Finland(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:106 (May 1999) Paper Number:4907 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Musical Acoustics

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