Jimi Hendrix, Systems Engineer: His Iconic Sound Came from Precise Modulation and Feedback

IF 2.2 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2026-03-09 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2026.11427086

Rohan S. Puranik

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Abstract

3 February 1967 is a day that belongs in the annals of music history. It's the day that Jimi Hendrix entered London's Olympic Studios to record a song using a new component. The song was “Purple Haze,” and the component was the Octa-via guitar pedal, created for Hendrix by sound engineer Roger Mayer. The pedal was a key element of a complex chain of analog elements responsible for the final sound, including the acoustics of the studio room itself. When they sent the tapes for remastering in the United States, the sounds on it were so novel that they included an accompanying note explaining that the distortion at the end was not malfunction but intention. A few months later, Hendrix would deliver his legendary electric guitar performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival.

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吉米·亨德里克斯，系统工程师：他的标志性声音来自精确的调制和反馈

1967年2月3日是载入音乐史的一天。这一天，吉米·亨德里克斯（Jimi Hendrix）进入伦敦的奥林匹克录音棚，用一种新的组件录制了一首歌。这首歌是《Purple Haze》，它的组成部分是由音响工程师罗杰·梅尔（Roger Mayer）为亨德里克斯设计的八频通（Octa-via）吉他踏板。踏板是负责最终声音的复杂模拟元素链的关键元素，包括演播室本身的声学效果。当他们把磁带送到美国重新灌录时，里面的声音非常新颖，他们还附上了一张注释，解释说最后的失真不是故障，而是故意的。几个月后，亨德里克斯将在蒙特雷国际流行音乐节上表演他的传奇电吉他。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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