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2260.0. "Simulation Of Trumpet Tones---Thesis Available" by AQUA::ROST (Everyone loves those dead presidents) Tue Feb 13 1990 09:29

    
    Here's a posting from USENET about a thesis on the simulation of
    trumpet tones that might be of interest to some.  An address to get a
    copy is included.  No price is mentioned, I don't know if that means
    it's free or not.
    
    							Brian
    
From: [email protected] (Paul Dietz)
Date: 12 Feb 90 19:54:40 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
 
My master's thesis: "Simulation of Trumpet Tones via Physical Modeling"
is now available as a technical report from the Laboratory for
Automated Systems and Information Processing. Here's the abstract:
 
	Music synthesis algorithms based upon physical models of orchestral
	instruments can theoretically provide realistic tones with an
	unlimited range of expression. However, they are considerably
	more complex than traditional methods. For a given instrument there
	are three major steps: modeling the dynamics of the instrument
	and the player, developing a simulation algorithm for this model,
	and controlling the simulation.
 
	In order to demonstrate the feasibility of physical model based
	synthesis algorithms, the modern Bb trumpet is examined. A detailed
	model of the instrument and the players interaction with it is
	developed from both intuitive and analytical arguments. From this
	model, a simulation program is created which generates simple tones.
	These sounds are remarkably similar to the efforts of beginning
	trumpet players, indicating both the success of the model and the
	difficulty in playing a simulated instrument with a multi-dimensional
	control space.
 
Copies of this thesis may be obtained by sending email to:
 
	[email protected]
 
and requesting a copy of:
 
	Report # LASIP-89-07, August 1989
 
Or, you can send US mail to LASIP at:
 
	Laboratory for Automated Systems and Information Processing
	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
	Carnegie Mellon University
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
 
Or by calling Debbie Scappatura at:
 
	(412) 268-2431
 
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For those of you who are curious about why I am posting this here:
I am no longer in the music synth. buisness, and the pressures
of my PhD work do not afford me the time to write the journal paper
on this work. Therefore, I am trying to distribute my thesis as
widely as possible as a temporary, stop-gap measure. For those of
you who went to see my talk at the Acoustical Society meeting
(which I was unable to give due to circumstances beyond my control),
I apologize, and I hope that this thesis will satisy your curiosities.
 
For those of you who do read the thesis, I would appreciate your comments
on its readability. I worked hard to not only make this work accessible
to people with a wide variety of backgrounds, but also to make it 
relatively enjoyable reading.
 
If you have questions or comments, please reply to me directly since
I can no longer justify reading these news groups (unless people
start posting about switched-capacitor implementations of synthesis
algorithms... ;-) )
 
Thank-you! And happy reading!!
 
Paul H. Dietz                                        ____          ____
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering        / oo \        <_<\\\
Carnegie Mellon University                        /|  \/  |\        \\ \\
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    Hi,
    Did anybody manage to get this report? I tried and failed - would
    appreciate it if someone could send me a copy. (Contact me by em at
    AUSSIE::SULLIVAN)
    
    Thanks,
    Greg.