Pitch independent prototyping of musical sounds

This paper presents a method of pitch-independent prototyping, classification and creation of musical sounds. Based on the spectral envelope, temporal envelope and irregularities of the quasi-harmonic partials, a simple timbre model is used for the prototyping, classification and synthesis of musical sounds. Indications are given how to modify the timbre parameters so as to have a natural sounding sound when modifying, for instance, the pitch. Furthermore, the sound can be perfected by modifying the individual parameters of each partial. Finally, several methods for searching sounds in a large database of sounds are proposed