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Engineering Brief

Modeling between Partial Components for Musical Timbre Imitation and Migration

Authors: Kihiko, Angela C.; Ogihara, Mitsunori; Ren, Gang; Beauchamp, James W.

AES Convention 147 · Paper 558 · October 2019

Abstract

Most musical sounds have strong and regularly distributed spectral components such as harmonic partials. However, the energy distribution patterns between any two such sonic partials, the in-between low-energy signal patterns such as performance articulation or instrument signatures, are also important for characterizing musical sounds. This paper presents a timbre-modeling framework for detecting and modeling the between-partial components for musical timbre analysis and synthesis. This framework focuses on timbre imitation and migration for electronic music instruments, where timbral patterns obtained from acoustical instruments are re-interpreted for electronic instruments and new music interfaces. The proposed framework will help musicians and audio engineers to better explore musical timbre and musical performance expressions for enhancing the naturalness, expressiveness, and creativeness of electronic/computer music systems.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 147
AES Convention
147
Paper number
558
Publication date
October 6, 2019
Session subject
Audio Signal Processing
Affiliation
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, USA; University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief