Design of an Engine Sound Synthesis System for Flexible Sound Design

Soulodre G, Soulodre D. Design of an Engine Sound Synthesis System for Flexible Sound Design. In: AES 2024 International Conference on Automotive Audio. Audio Engineering Society; 2024. Paper 15. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22623

@inproceedings{Soulodre2024_22623,
  author = {Soulodre, Gilbert and Soulodre, David},
  title = {{Design of an Engine Sound Synthesis System for Flexible Sound Design}},
  booktitle = {AES 2024 International Conference on Automotive Audio},
  note = {Paper 15},
  year = {2024},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22623}
}

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AB  - This paper describes an Engine Sound Synthesis (ESS) system designed to provide a high degree of flexibility in the sound design process. The ESS system uses a mixture of additive synthesis, granular synthesis, and a Fourier series based synthesis approach, in combination with an extensive selection of filtering and effects processing options. The ESS system enables the creation of a variety of engine sounds including traditional internal combustion engines, as well as more non-traditional (futuristic) sounds. A flexible automation feature enables the simulated engine sounds to change and evolve in real-time based on CAN bus message from the vehicle. The system operates as a standalone Windows PC application or on an ARM-based embedded hardware platform. Some of the considerations in the design of non-traditional engine sounds are also explored.
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