Title :
An investigation of the impact of torsion waves and friction characteristics on the playability of virtual bowed strings
Author :
Serafin, Stefania ; Smith, Julius O., III ; Woodhouse, Jim
Author_Institution :
Center for Comput. Res. in Music & Acoust., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
“Playability” is measured for variations in a bowed string simulation model. The variations studied are (1) the effect of torsion waves, and (2) the effect of the choice of friction model. It is found that (1) elimination of torsion wave simulation does not degrade playability, and (2) the more recently developed “plastic” bowed-string friction model, in which the frictional force is a function of temperature, is more “playable” than prior friction models which depend only on relative sliding velocity
Keywords :
acoustic signal processing; acoustic wave production; audio signal processing; digital simulation; friction; music; musical acoustics; musical instruments; signal synthesis; time-domain analysis; torsion; bowed string simulation model; bowed-string synthesizers; computer-based time-domain simulation models; digital sound synthesis; friction characteristics; frictional force; musical instrument; plastic bowed-string friction model; playability; relative sliding velocity; sound synthesis; temperature; torsion waves; variations; virtual bowed strings; Acoustic measurements; Acoustical engineering; Computational modeling; Degradation; Friction; Instruments; Large Hadron Collider; Music; Time domain analysis; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, 1999 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
New Paltz, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5612-8
DOI :
10.1109/ASPAA.1999.810856
