Physical modeling of musical instruments

Synthesis of wind instrument sounds

The dissertation deals with an implementation of the woodwind instrument physical model using the digital waveguide modelling technique. An essential theory concerning acoustical properties of woodwind instruments and applicable modelling methods is discussed. This includes an analysis of two existing models of clarinet and flute instruments, which serves as a starting point for the implementation of the “Irish whistle” physical model in Matlab. The final result is the “Irish whistle” application capable of producing a whistle-like sound. Graphical User Interface allows a convenient control over the model and excitation source parameters. The evaluation of the model consists of various comparison tests with a real Irish whistle and an examination of the most interesting model parameters.

Reference

1. M.Junczyk, Synthesis of wind instrument sounds using waveguide modeling,
   MSc dissertation, Poznan University of Technology, 2010

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