Adaptive Amp
Channel: UNLVECE
Date: 2022-05-31

Adaptive Amp is an electric guitar amplifier with built in audio effects that will change in preset combinations based on the position of the player’s hand on the guitar’s neck. There are two effects featured in Adaptive Amp; distortion, and delay, these effects are able to be switched on and off in different combinations based on the distance of the guitar player's hand relative to an infra-red range finder mounted to the back of the guitar. The range finder will report back to a microcontroller in the Adaptive Amp that will decide how to switch the effects. All the player has to do is play and when they cross a preset distance threshold their effects preset will change. Combining these two technologies will result in easier effect switching for guitarists when, for example, they would like one sound when playing a rhythm part on the low frets and want another sound when playing a solo on the higher frets. Adaptive Amp also allows a guitarist to move around on stage while performing without having to run back to a footswitch to change their effects. Adaptive Amp can be just what someone is looking for to take their performance to the next level.