• DocumentCode
    1829286
  • Title

    Natural synthesis of North Indian musical instruments

  • Author

    Gunasekera, S.N. ; Wijayakulasooriya, J.V. ; Perera, P.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Open Univ. of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    28-31 Dec. 2009
  • Firstpage
    369
  • Lastpage
    373
  • Abstract
    In this endeavor, it is attempted to generate an automatic audio output from a given text file of musical notations of North Indian Classical Music via synthesizing of different musical instruments. The mathematical model developed in this attempt is based on the fundamental frequency component together with extracted envelop of one specified note from the computer acquired waveform to produce more natural music. The model is validated by establishing the fact that the mean square error between the actual waveform and produced by the mathematical model lie within accepted range in L1 and L¿. Among the methods used for synthesis, always there have been concerns for naturalness of music created by mathematical modeling. The limitations associated with this approach are also discussed together with examples.
  • Keywords
    acoustic signal processing; electronic music; frequency synthesizers; musical instruments; North Indian Classical Music; North Indian musical instruments; automatic audio output; computer acquired waveform; fundamental frequency component; mean square error; musical notations text file; natural music synthesis; Acoustic waveguides; Frequency; Information systems; Instruments; Mathematical model; Music; Signal processing algorithms; Signal synthesis; Synthesizers; Timbre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2009 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sri Lanka
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4836-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4837-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429834
  • Filename
    5429834