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Research papers on the Moog ladder and related filters

[In the company of the papers below, my recently updated offering, Analysis of the Moog Transistor Ladder and Derivative Filters, appears fairly elementary - but I think I can safely say that it makes up for it in quantity!]

Coming up with faithful digital implementations of these ladder filters seems to present something of a challenge, and a number of interesting papers have been published in recent years:

Resonance Tuning for the Digital Moog Filter, Robin Schmidt, web-published, August 2009

A Nonlinear Digital Model of the EMS VCS3 Voltage-Controlled Filter, Marco Civolani & Federico Fontana, Proc. of the 11^th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-08), Espoo, Finland, September 1-4, 2008

Preserving the Structure of the Moog VCF in the Digital Domain, Federico Fontana, Proc. Int. Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 27-31, 2007

On the use of Volterra Series for Real-Time Simulations of Weakly Nonlinear Analog Audio Devices: Application to the Moog Ladder Filter, Thomas Hélie, Proc. of the 9^th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-06), Montreal, Canada, September 18-20, 2006

Non-Linear Digital Implementation of the Moog Ladder Filter, Antti Huovilainen, Proc. of the 7^th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects, (DAFx-04), Naples, Italy, October 5-8, 2004

Analyzing the Moog VCF with Considerations for Digital Implementation, Tim Stilson & Julius Smith, Proc. International Computer Music Conference, Hong Kong, 1996

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