Towards a Real-Time Implementation of a Physical Modelling Based Percussion Synthesizer

Chuchacz K, O'Modhrain S, Woods R. Towards a Real-Time Implementation of a Physical Modelling Based Percussion Synthesizer. In: AES Convention 124. Audio Engineering Society; 2008. Paper 7385. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14515

@inproceedings{Chuchacz2008_14515,
  author = {Chuchacz, Katarzyna and O'Modhrain, Sile and Woods, Roger},
  title = {{Towards a Real-Time Implementation of a Physical Modelling Based Percussion Synthesizer}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 124},
  note = {Paper 7385},
  year = {2008},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14515}
}

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AB  - This paper presents work carried out with the objective of designing a novel percussion synthesizer based on a physical model of a plate-based percussion instrument. The algorithm has been implemented in real-time for the first time, on a Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) chip allowing a number of parameters such as excitation value, stroke location and plate stiffness, to be changed in real-time. This presents the player with a number of new modes of playability but requires the definition and design of a flexible interface that gives the extensive access to the sound world of the synthesis model. Details of the hardware implementation architecture are put forward as well as fixed point/floating point computation aspects that impact the instrument’s playability.
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