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Convention Paper

An Audio-Driven, Spectral Analysis-Based, Perceptual Synthesis Engine

Authors: Schoner, Bernd; Jehan, Tristan

AES Convention 110 · Paper 5328 · May 2001

Abstract

A real-time synthesis engine is presented which models and predicts the "timbre" of different acoustic instruments based on perceptual features. The paper describes the modeling sequence including the analysis of natural sounds, the inference step that finds the mapping between control and output parameters, the timbre prediction step, and the sound synthesis. Demonstrations include the timbre synthesis of stringed instruments and the singing voice, as well as the cross-synthesis and timbre morphing between these instruments.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 110
AES Convention
110
Paper number
5328
Publication date
May 6, 2001
Session subject
Analysis and Synthesis of Sound
Affiliation
MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper