Since the days of the 1940s and 1950s, not much has changed in
the guitar amplification world. Good engineering produced a
robust design that has lasted several decades without much
alteration. That is until recently, when advances in technology
allowed the production of electronic circuits that could perform
several complex calculations on signals in real time. This has
revolutionized the way audio components are built today, and
piqued our interest in how to build a simple guitar distortion
model that models a classic tube amp.
In this day and age, we can use computers and filters instead of
large bulky circuitry to mimic this classic sound, thereby
reducing the cost of this expensive equipment. All we need is a
good program, and we're set! This project focuses on using
MATLAB for the simulation of distortion.