Title :
Generalizations of the Karplus-Strong transfer function for digital music sound synthesis
Author :
Cummings, Ian A. ; Venugopal, Ravinder ; Ahmed, Jasim ; Bernstein, Dennis S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Karplus and Strong (1983) proposed a highly successful algorithm for digital music synthesis. In this paper we describe this algorithm in terms of a linear transfer function. Then we propose several extensions and variations of this transfer function that produce interesting synthetic musical sounds. The work is guided by experimental production of the sounds and provides a satisfying application of linear systems theory
Keywords :
electronic music; linear systems; musical acoustics; polynomials; transfer functions; Karplus-Strong transfer function; digital music sound synthesis; linear systems theory; linear transfer function; Acoustic applications; Art; Ear; Force feedback; Humans; Instruments; Linear systems; Multiple signal classification; Music; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4990-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.1999.786357
