| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S00859/01 |
| Title: |
Intelligent and perceptual-based techniques for automated design and synthesis of musical instrument sounds |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ifeachor, Professor E |
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| Department: |
Communication & Electronic Eng |
| Organisation: |
University of Plymouth |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2003 |
Ends: |
31 March 2006 |
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140,218
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Vision & Senses - ICT appl. |
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Digital synthesis of musical instrument sounds is a key aspect of the rapidly growing field of computer music technology. It allows the creation of realistic sounds and continuous 'animation' beyond the physical boundaries of the real instrument. This is vital as it can, for example, inform the design and use of next generation musical instruments and aids the preservation of historical instruments. However, professional synthesis of instrument sounds is time consuming and requires a great deal of experience. This is expensive and limits productivity in the manufacture of digital synthesis systems, for example, in what is an important export market. The aim is to extend the underlying techniques of our new intelligent audio design system to provide a frame work for automated modelling and synthesis of acoustic instruments sounds to reduce work load. The outcome of the project include (i) a new model, based on fuzzy logic, that encodes existing skills base and audio expertise and uses these to automate the processing of sound features, (ii) a novel method that uses a perceptual-based measure to optimise sound synthesis parameters; and (iii) a new approach that provides an objective measure of perceptual quality of synthesised sound, based on the new ITU standard for wide band audio quality. Pipe organ will be used as a vehicle for the investigation because of its importance to the collaborating companies and in sound synthesis. Knowledge gained from synthsesis of such a complex instrument will be invaluable in the systhesis of other instruments.
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http://www.plym.ac.uk |