“Virtual Instrument Design and Animation”
Abstract:
This project extends modal analysis techniques to simulate the de sign of percussive musical instruments using 3D models of instruments as prototypes. Our use of 3D models to determine the desired sound quality from an instrument includes a novel extension to sound synthesis for animation as well as sound synthesis for computer music.
References:
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENETAL ENGINEERING, BERKELEY. 2003. FEAP User Manual: v7.5, November.
REID, G. 2001. Synth secrets: Synthesizing percussion. Sound on Sound (November).
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Acknowledgements:
The authors would like to thank David Bindel for his insights into modal analysis and for making his FEAPMEX program available.
