Systems and methods for onboard, real-time pickup blending for electric guitars/basses may utilize every possible tonal combination that double coil pickups can offer. The industry standard pickup toggle switch may be removed from electric guitar/bass instruments. Instead of a user being limited to only using one pickup at a time to be selected, the user may mix in any combination of the pickups (top, bottom, or both) at any time. Accordingly, multiple pickups can be on at the same time and/or the user may blend in (or out) any percentage of any of the pickups that the user wishes to create a large combination of tones.

Apparatus for processing an audio signal including an audio processing device configured to process, evaluate and modify an audio signal.

The method for adapting a sound converter to a reference sound converter includes the sound converter having a first linear transfer function with a first frequency response, a second linear transfer function with a second frequency response, and a trivial nonlinearity. The sound converter has a non-linear transfer function corresponding to the frequency response from combination of the first linear transfer function, the trivial nonlinearity, and the second linear transfer function. A first frequency spectrum of the reference sound converter is determined at a low input level. A second frequency spectrum of the reference sound converter is determined at a high input level. The second determined frequency spectrum is used as the second frequency response in the second linear transfer function, and the division of the first frequency spectrum by the second frequency spectrum is used as the first frequency response in the first linear transfer function.

Apparatus for processing an audio signal including an audio processing device configured to process, evaluate and modify an audio signal.

A specialized audio/instrument cable adapter with built-in digital signal processing capabilities that adds user-defined audio effects (such as reverb, delay, chorus and/or distortion) from within the cable adapter itself to affect the sound generated from an instrument or microphone such that the cable adapter (with a instrument/microphone cable) is the only connection needed between the instrument or microphone and an output device (such as an amplifier, PA, powered speaker, music mixer, or a recording device). The audio effects used by the cable adapter can be changed via (i) an app from a smartphone, tablet, computer or other electronic device; (ii) a wireless controller that attaches to the instrument; (iii) a pedal, and/or (iv) any other type of wireless controller that has the ability to communicate with a smartphone/tablet/computer or other electronic device.

Systems and methods for onboard, real-time pickup blending for electric guitars/basses may utilize every possible tonal combination that double coil pickups can offer. The industry standard pickup toggle switch may be removed from electric guitar/bass instruments. Instead of a user being limited to only using one pickup at a time to be selected, the user may mix in any combination of the pickups (top, bottom, or both) at any time. Accordingly, multiple pickups can be on at the same time and/or the user may blend in (or out) any percentage of any of the pickups that the user wishes to create a large combination of tones.

Disclosed is a device for introducing loudspeaker harmonic nonlinearities to a signal without outputting the signal as audio or sound through a loudspeaker and recording the output audio or sound. The device includes a resistive element and an inductive element. The resistive element includes a hollow core and a first wire wound around the hollow core in a first direction. The inductive element is inserted within the hollow core of the resistive element, and includes a metal-based core and a second wire wound around the metal-based core in an opposite second direction. A signal or current is first passed through the inductive element, creating electromagnetic distortion between the resistive element and the inductive element that simulates inductance of the loudspeaker voice-coil. The electromagnetic distortion alters the signal by introducing harmonic nonlinearities into the signal.

A specialized audio/instrument cable adapter with built-in digital signal processing capabilities that adds user-defined audio effects (such as reverb, delay, chorus and/or distortion) from within the cable adapter itself to affect the sound generated from an instrument or microphone such that the cable adapter (with a instrument/microphone cable) is the only connection needed between the instrument or microphone and an output device (such as an amplifier, PA, powered speaker, music mixer, or a recording device). The audio effects used by the cable adapter can be changed via (i) an app from a smartphone, tablet, computer or other electronic device; (ii) a wireless controller that attaches to the instrument; (iii) a pedal, and/or (iv) any other type of wireless controller that has the ability to communicate with a smartphone/tablet/computer or other electronic device.

A specialized audio/instrument cable with built-in digital signal processing capabilities that adds user-defined audio effects (such as reverb, delay, chorus and/or distortion) from within the cable itself to affect the sound generated from an instrument or microphone such that the cable is the only connection needed between the instrument or microphone and an output device (such as an amplifier, PA, powered speaker, music mixer, or a recording device). The audio effects used by the cable can be changed via (i) an app from a smartphone, tablet, computer or other electronic device; (ii) a wireless controller that attaches to the instrument; (iii) a pedal, and/or (iv) any other type of wireless controller that has the ability to communicate with a smartphone/tablet/computer or other electronic device.

Disclosed is a console bed mechanism to provide access to controls on console bed transported in a transport case. The console bed mechanism may include a base plate positioned in the transport case and comprising a bearing, an upper plate secured to the console bed and connected via the bearing to the base plate, a rotation arm having a lower end mounted to the base plate and an upper end mounted to the upper plate, the rotation arm configured to rotate the console bed between: a transport position in which the console bed is at least partially in the transport case, and an operation position in which the console bed is at least partially above the transport case and is positioned to be operated, and also including an elevation arm that raises the console bed and having a lower end mounted to the transport case and an upper end secured to the base plate.