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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Sound Synthesis"”.
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Automatic generation of sound synthesis techniques
Digital sound synthesizers, ubiquitous today in sound cards, software and dedicated hardware, use algorithms (Sound Synthesis Techniques, SSTs) capable of generating sounds similar to those of acoustic instruments and even totally novel sounds. The design of SSTs is a very hard problem. It is …
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A system for expressive spectro-spatial sound synthesis
… holistic digital musical instrument for spatial sound synthesis, considering a control device, a real time synthesis algorithm with a related modeling procedure and the integration of sound reproduction systems. Statistical Spectral Modeling is introduced as a novel method for transferring a …
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An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Concatenative Sound Synthesis
… has opened up many exciting new techniques to synthesise sounds, one of which is Concatenative Sound Synthesis (CSS). CSS uses data-driven method to synthesise new sounds from a large corpus of small sound snippets. This technique closely resembles the art of mosaicing, where small tiles are …
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Sound Synthesis Using Programmable System-On-Chip Devices
… witnessed a resurgence of interest in analogue synthesisers 1 . Manufacturers, such as Moog and Sequential Circuits, that had disappeared from the commercial marketplace by the end of the 1980’s, have reappeared with an impressive line of products. Other established companies such as Korg and …
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Drum Sound Synthesis by Computer Simulation of the Wave Equation
… research on the problem of generating the sound of a drumhead by computer solution of the wave equation using finite difference methods. The research is novel in that it takes into account the stiffness of the drumhead material, damping due to energy dissipation into the air and rim, mass …
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Computer assisted application of stochastic structuring techniques in musical composition and control of digital sound synthesis systems
Although many sophisticated computer sound synthesis systems have recently been developed, their use remains significantly under-exploited by composers. This is due to a large extent to the cumbersome and detailed programming invariably necessary in order to produce even the simplest of sounds. So, …
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An investigation of audio signal-driven sound synthesis with a focus on its use for bowed stringed synthesisers
This thesis proposes an alternative approach to sound synthesis. It seeks to offer traditional string players a synthesiser which will allow them to make use of their existing skills in performance. A theoretical apparatus reflecting on the constraints of formalisation is developed and used to shed …
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A practical study of the application of computer techniques in processes of musical composition
… has proved valuable in analysis and archiving, sound synthesis and in musical composition. After initial doubts, many composers and commentators now recognise how important, and sometimes even indispensable, the computer can be in certain types of composition. A number of compositional projects …
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Perceptual synthesis engine : an audio-driven timbre generator
A real-time synthesis engine which models and predicts the timbre of acoustic instruments based on perceptual features extracted from an audio stream is presented. The thesis describes the modeling sequence including the analysis of natural sounds, the inference step that finds the mapping between …
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The history and development of algorithms in music composition, 1957-1993
… composition with computers: 1) algorithms for sound synthesis; 2) algorithms for compositional structure; and 3) algorithms for the correlation of sound synthesis with structure. Consideration will be given to the latter two approaches, algorithms for the generation of the micro- and …
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Synthesis and perception of sounds from physical interactions reveals auditory intuitive physics
… scraping and rolling – create many of the sounds that we hear in the world around us. These sounds are generated via lawful physical dynamics. Anecdotally, humans possess some intuitive knowledge of the physical generative processes underlying sound production, but little is known about the …
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GENERIC: Musical Improvisation with Machine Learning and Generative Composition
… compositional features, electronics design, and sound synthesis techniques employed throughout GENERIC are examined in detail, and the conceptual implications surrounding musical composition involving an AI system are contextualized against current and historical ideologies.
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Functional Reactive Musical Performers
<p> Computers have been assisting in recording, sound synthesis and other fields of music production for quite some time. The actual performance of music continues to be an area in which human players are chosen over computer performers. Musical performance is an area in which personalization is …
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Computer animation of human figures in conversation and action
… graphic sculpture. A sophisticated computer sound synthesis system was implemented and provided the basis for a script-driven multiprocess approach to specifying the interaction s of multiple figures in a changing environment The resulting system, incorporating figures in an animated visual …
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Methods and Technologies for the Analysis and Interactive Use of Body Movements in Instrumental Music Performance
… medium that is experienced not only by means of sounds but also through body movement. From this perspective, musical instruments can be seen as technological objects coupled with a repertoire of performance gestures. This repertoire is part of an ecological knowledge shared by musicians and …
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SIGNAL MODELS, ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS, AND SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR MODAL AUDIO RESYNTHESIS
This thesis delves into topics related to modal sound synthesis, a technique that generates sounds by simulating the physical interactions within resonating objects. It proposes novel methods for analyzing audio recordings and extracting the modal parameters. A central algorithm, SAMPLE, estimates …
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Listening with generative models
… I present a hierarchical Bayesian auditory scene synthesis model to address the perceptual organization of sound into sources and events. We aimed to bridge between classical auditory scene analysis phenomena and everyday sounds, asking whether common generative principles could explain auditory …
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Arty: Expressive timbre transfer using articulation detection for guitar
… systems and doesn’t impose a particular sound synthesis method. We created a new dataset, the Arty dataset, and used it in conjunction with existing data to train a model to classify right-hand and left-hand guitar playing techniques. We implemented a website as a user interface to allow …
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The Structure Function Relationship of Silica Polyamine Composites
… than CPTCS thus allowing a more economically sound synthesis. As a result of an increase in free amines, silica gel polyamine composites were modified with sodium chloroacetate and other metal selective ligands in higher yield, resulting in a material with substantially improved copper ion …
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The Structure Function Relationship of Silica Polyamine Composites
… than CPTCS thus allowing a more economically sound synthesis. As a result of an increase in free amines, silica gel polyamine composites were modified with sodium chloroacetate and other metal selective ligands in higher yield, resulting in a material with substantially improved copper ion …
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