Physically inspired models for the synthesis of stiff strings with dispersive waveguides
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Physically inspired models for the synthesis of stiff strings with dispersive waveguides
zbMATH Open document ID: 1107.78303
DOI: 10.1155/S1110865704402200
author: I. Testa
author: Gianpaolo Evangelista
author: Sergio Cavaliere
published in: EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
publication date: 2005-10-28T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: We review the derivation and design of digital waveguides from physical models of stiff systems, useful for the synthesis of sounds from strings, rods, and similar objects. A transform method approach is proposed to solve the classic fourth-order equations of stiff systems in order to reduce it to two second-order equations. By introducing scattering boundary matrices, the eigenfrequencies are determined and their \(n^{2}\) dependency is discussed for the clamped, hinged, and intermediate cases. On the basis of the frequency-domain physical model, the numerical discretization is carried out, showing how the insertion of an all-pass delay line generalizes the Karplus-Strong algorithm for the synthesis of ideally flexible vibrating strings. Knowing the physical parameters, the synthesis can proceed using the generalized structure. Another point of view is offered by Laguerre expansions and frequency warping, which are introduced in order to show that a stiff system can be treated as a nonstiff one, provided that the solutions are warped. A method to compute the all-pass chain coefficients and the optimum warping curves from sound samples is discussed. Once the optimum warping characteristic is found, the length of the dispersive delay line to be employed in the simulation is simply determined from the requirement of matching the desired fundamental frequency. The regularization of the dispersion curves by means of optimum unwarping is experimentally evaluated.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A50
zbMATH DE Number: 2220156
zbMATH Keywords: physical models
zbMATH Keywords: dispersive waveguides
zbMATH Keywords: frequency warping
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: s1110865704402200
OpenAlex ID: W2014492405
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