On Jan 16, 2008 2:34 AM, Darren Landrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Actually, one thing I really want to try would not need FFT in the
> engine (though I think FFT should be there anyway :). I call it
> "additive wavetable synthesis" which is already a misnomer since it
> would actually involve single-cycle loops rather than proper wavetables,
> but "additive single-cycle loop synthesis" just doesn't have the same
> ring to it.
>
> The idea would be to take recordings of an instrument, say a violin, and
> split it into several bands by frequency, with each of these samples
> being a single cycle. Then, based on an analysis of the articulations of
> a played violin, the different wavetables (again, for lack of a better
> term) would have a different envelope applied to them before being
> summed together. Of course, this analysis could be pre-done in pretty
> much any software that supports it. LS would then be playing back the
> samples, applying envelopes, and summing the results.
>
> I lifted this idea straight out of an article in the Csound book on
> synthesizing a French horn, actually, though in the article the partials
> for each wavetable were synthesized. See, CSound would be a great
> platform for prototyping if I could make it work.
>
>
IIRC, that's the technology Wallander Instruments WIVI [1] is built upon.
Giorgio Tommasini is also doing some great work with sample based modeling
using a different technique with harmonically aligned samples. Just a little
FYI...
[1] http://www.wallanderinstruments.com
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Anders Dahnielson
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