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    A Digital Model for the Prologue Voltage Control Filter


    Lazzarini, Victor and Timoney, Joseph (2024) A Digital Model for the Prologue Voltage Control Filter. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 72 (1/2). pp. 79-88. ISSN 1549-4950

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    Abstract

    The Prologue polyphonic synthesizer features a voltage control filter (VCF) employing an original topology. This paper examines its circuit and extracts a flowchart, which yields a set of analog filter equations. From these, the authors were able to develop a transfer function to describe its ideal linear time-invariant form. Then a linear digital version of the filter to validate the analysis was put forward. Noting that the filter operation within the synthesizer is fairly nonlinear, modifications yielding a nonlinear model of the VCF are proposed. These were compared with the outputs of the original analog filter, and it was found that they approximate them consistently.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Digital Model; Prologue Voltage Control Filter;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Music
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
    Item ID: 19875
    Identification Number: 10.17743/jaes.2022.0120
    Depositing User: Dr Victor Lazzarini
    Date Deposited: 26 May 2025 11:11
    Journal or Publication Title: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
    Publisher: Audio Engineering Society
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19875
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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