diff --git a/scripts/first_order.py b/scripts/first_order.py
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+
+import scipy.signal as sig
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+
+# simple first order step response simulation
+# www.halvorsen.blog/documents/programming/python/resources/powerpoints/State Space Models with Python.pdf
+
+# simulation Parameters
+
+x0 = [0, 0]
+start = 0
+stop = 30
+step = 1
+
+t = np.arange(start,stop,step)
+K = 3
+T = 4
+
+# state-space Model
+A = [[-1/T, 0], [0, 0]]
+B = [[K/T], [0]]
+C = [[1, 0]]
+D = 0
+sys = sig.StateSpace(A, B, C, D)
+
+# step Response
+t, y = sig.step(sys, x0, t)
+
+# plotting
+plt.plot(t, y)
+plt.title("Step Response")
+plt.xlabel("t")
+plt.ylabel("y")
+plt.grid()
+plt.show()
diff --git a/scripts/string_model.py b/scripts/string_model.py
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--- a/scripts/string_model.py
+++ b/scripts/string_model.py
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 import scipy.signal as sig
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
+import math
 
 # simple first order step response simulation
 # www.halvorsen.blog/documents/programming/python/resources/powerpoints/State Space Models with Python.pdf
 
 # simulation Parameters
-x0 = [0, 0]
+
+# string pde (wave equation)
+# rho*A*d2y(x,t)/dt2 + c*dy(x,t)/dt - T*d2y(x,t)/dx2 = f(x,t)
+# where rho*A = 1 dimensional string density, c = string damping, T = string tension, y(x,t) = displacement, f(x,t) = exitation force
+
+# assume fixed ends: y(0, t) = y(L, t) = 0
+
+# displacement y(x,t) can be represented as the sum from n=1 to N of qn(t)*sin(n*pi*x/L) where q_n(t) is the modal coordinate of mode n (displacement is the sum of all resonating modes)
+# therefore:
+# q..n + 2*zeta_n*omega_n*q.n + omega_n2*q_n = b_n*u(t)
+# where omega_n = n*pi/L * sqrt(T/(rho*A)) for an ideal string
+# and b_n = sin(n*pi*x_h/L) but assuming the hammer strikes at midpoint, x_h = L/2 ( b_n = sin(n*pi/2) )
+
+# state space representation:
+# each mode:
+#「 q_n_dot     | =「      0               1        | 「  q_n   | + 「  0  |* u
+# L q_n_dot_dot 」= L -omega_n^2  -2*zeta_n*omega_n 」 L q_ndot 」   L b_n 」
+# and x_dot = Ax + Bu
+# where A = diagonal matrix of A_n and B = [ 0 b_1 0 b_2 ... b_n]^T
+
+# lets start with 3 nodes where the string is tuned to 440hz (we'll get to arbitrary modes evantually)
+f_1 = 440 # fundamental frequency
+def f_n(n):
+    return f_1 * n
+def omega_n(n):
+    return 2*math.pi*f_n(n) # a cooler option would be omega_n = c*n*omega_1*sqrt(1+B*n^2) to factor in string stiffness to its vibration mode
+
+# x = [ q1, q1dot, q2, q2dot, q3, q3dot ]^T < --state vector
+omega_1 = omega_n(1)
+omega_2 = omega_n(2)
+omega_3 = omega_n(3)
+zeta_1 = 0.0001 # i guessed
+zeta_2 = 2 * zeta_1
+zeta_3 = 3 * zeta_1
+A = [
+        [          0,                 1,           0,                 0,           0,                 0],
+        [-omega_1**2, -2*zeta_1*omega_1,           0,                 0,           0,                 0],
+        [          0,                 0,           0,                 1,           0,                 0],
+        [          0,                 0, -omega_2**2, -2*zeta_2*omega_2,           0,                 0],
+        [          0,                 0,           0,                 0,           0,                 1],
+        [          0,                 0,           0,                 0, -omega_3**2, -2*zeta_3*omega_3]
+    ] # isnt this formatting gorgeous
+
+B = [ [0], [0.707], [0], [0], [0], [-0.707] ]
+c_1 = 0.001
+c_2 = c_1 / 2
+c_3 = c_1 / 3
+C = [[-c_1*omega_1**2, -2*c_1*zeta_1*omega_1, -c_2*omega_2**2, -2*c_2*zeta_2*omega_2, -c_3*omega_3**2, -2*c_3*zeta_3*omega_3]]
+D = c_1 * 0.707 + c_2 * 0 + c_3 * (-0.707)
+
+# input
+#v_h = 100 # hammer velocity
+#u = v_h * impulse(t)
+
+x0 = [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]
 start = 0
-stop = 30
-step = 1
+stop = 10
+step = 1/44100
 
 t = np.arange(start,stop,step)
-K = 3
-T = 4
-
-# state-space Model
-A = [[-1/T, 0], [0, 0]]
-B = [[K/T], [0]]
-C = [[1, 0]]
-D = 0
 sys = sig.StateSpace(A, B, C, D)
 
 # step Response
-t, y = sig.step(sys, x0, t)
+t, y = sig.impulse(sys, T=t)
 
 # plotting
 plt.plot(t, y)