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Physical Modeling and Synthesis of Motor Noise for Replication of a Sound Effects Library

Authors: Reiss, Joshua; Hendry, Simon

AES Convention 129 · Paper 8218 · November 2010

Abstract

This paper presents the results of objective tests exploring the concept of using a small number of physical models to create and replicate a large number of samples from a traditional sound effects library. The design of a DC motor model is presented and this model is used to create both a household drill and a small boat engine. The harmonic characteristics, as well as the spectral centroid were compared with the original samples and all the features agree to within 6.1%. The results of the tests are discussed with a heavy emphasis on realism and perceived accuracy and the parameters which have to be improved in order to humanise a model are explored.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 129
AES Convention
129
Paper number
8218
Publication date
November 6, 2010
Session subject
Acoustical and Physical Modeling
Affiliation
Queen Mary University of London, London, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper