Monday, September 6, 2010

Question 3

How  does a digital guitar  works and its advantage over ordinary one??

11 comments:

  1. advantages: 1) cheap
    2) produces more sound than analog guitar

    In 2002, Gibson announced the first digital guitar, which performs analog-to-digital conversion internally. The resulting digital signal is delivered over a standard Ethernet cable, eliminating cable-induced line noise. The guitar also provides independent signal processing for each individual string.

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  2. An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its strings into electric signals. Since the generated signal is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker. Since the output of an electric guitar is an electric signal, the signal may easily be altered using electronic circuits to add color to the sound.

    Advantages:
    Digital pedals may cost less than purchasing multiple analogue pedals since recent technology allows software computations at low cost. A processor can easily apply multiple effects on a digitized signal all at once. Digital systems also may emulate famous guitar amplifiers and analogue effects, resulting in similar sounds with less hardware. A specialized effect, the digital delay, allows you to "tap" the pedal with your foot to determine the delay length.

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  3. A digital guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its strings into electric signals. Since the generated signal is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker. Since the output of an electric guitar is an electric signal, the signal may easily be altered using electronic circuits to add color to the sound. Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion. Arguably, no other musical instrument has had more of an impact on how music has evolved since the beginning of the twentieth century than the electric guitar. Conceived in 1931, the electric guitar became a necessity as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound. Since then, it has evolved into a stringed musical instrument capable of a multitude of sounds and styles. It served as a major component in the development of rock and roll and countless other genres of music.

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  4. digital guitar operates on the principle of analog-to-digital conversion internally. The resulting digital signal is delivered over a standard Ethernet cable.
    Advantages:
    ---> Eliminates cable-induced line noise.
    --->The guitar also provides independent signal processing for each individual string.

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  5. An electric guitar is a type of guitar with a solid or semi-solid body that utilizes electromagnetic "pickups" to convert the vibration of the steel-cored strings into electrical current.
    The current may be electrically altered to achieve various tonal effects prior to being fed into an amplifier, which produces the resultant sound.
    ADVANTAGES:
    1.low cost
    2.Easy

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  6. Electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to convert vibration of its strings into electric signals.The output is amplified using a loudspeaker.Since the output of an electric guitar is an electric signal, the signal may easily be altered using electronic circuits to add color to the sound.Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion.

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  7. Electric guitar utilizes pickups to create an electrical current from the vibration of the steel strings. Pickups confine mechanical vibrations and change them to an electrical signal. The sound is created louder by way of an amplifier and a loudspeaker. The sound can be electronically modified with guitar effects. An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its strings into electric signals.

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  8. The electric guitar is considerable easier to play for a few reasons. First, the action (general setup of the guitar) is much easier. The strings are typically closer to the frets & easier to push down. Since the pickups & amplifier do most of the work on an electric guitar, the player isn't required to push down on the strings as much as they would on an acoustic. You can make minimal contact with the frets & still get a very clean sound.

    Since an acoustic guitar's sound is produced by vibrations from the wood top, heavier gauge strings are required (creating larger vibrations, resulting in more sound). Unfortunately, heavier gauge strings are harder to press down & bend to get a clean sound.

    Beyond the lack of pressure needed & lighter strings on an electric, the neck is much more thin & the body is smaller. The thin neck will allow you to get a good grip & wrap your hands around easier to get better finger positioning. The smaller body size will also allow a more comfortable posture. It is sometimes difficult to get comfortable when you have to reach around a large, edgy body.

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  9. An electric guitar works on the principle of electromagnetic induction. This means that an electric guitar has electromagnets in its system which generate magnetic fields. Apart from this, an electric guitar has an amplification system which amplifies the sound waves generated by the guitar’s string. It is this combination of electromagnetic induction and amplification system that makes an electric guitar run.

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  10. An electrical guitar converts vibration of strings to electrical signals by the principle of electomagnetic induction.It performs analog to digital conversion internally eliminating cable induced line noise.

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  11. an electric gitar, that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to convert vibration of its strings into electric signals.The output is amplified using a loudspeaker and Since the output of an electric guitar is an electric signal, the signal may easily be altered using electronic circuits to add color to the sound.Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion.

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