3-D Sound Synthesis of a Honeybee Swarm

Pekonen J, Jylhä A. 3-D Sound Synthesis of a Honeybee Swarm. In: AES Convention 127. Audio Engineering Society; 2009. Paper 7883. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15078

@inproceedings{Pekonen2009_15078,
  author = {Pekonen, Jussi and Jylhä, Antti},
  title = {{3-D Sound Synthesis of a Honeybee Swarm}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 127},
  note = {Paper 7883},
  year = {2009},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15078}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - 3-D Sound Synthesis of a Honeybee Swarm
AU  - Pekonen, Jussi
AU  - Jylhä, Antti
T2  - AES Convention 127
M1  - Paper 7883
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2009/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15078
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Honeybee swarms are characterized by their buzzing sound which can be very impressive close to a hive. We present two techniques for real-time sound synthesis of swarming honeybees in a 3D multichannel setting. Both techniques are based on a source-filter model using a sawtooth oscillator and an all-pole equalization filter. The synthesis is controlled by the motion of the swarm, which is modeled in two different ways: as a set of coupled individual bees or with a swarming algorithm. The synthesized sound can be spatialized using the location information generated by the model. The proposed methods are capable of producing a realistic honeybee swarm effect to be used in, e.g., virtual reality applications.
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