Direct Simulation of Reed Wind Instruments

Session 4aMU: Transient Phenomena in Wind Instruments: Experiments and Time Domain Modeling 4aMU5. Modeling articulation techniques in single-reed woodwind instruments

Time-domain simulations of wind instruments can, in principle, deal with non-linear oscillations and are also capable of modeling both the steady-state and the transient behavior of a system. The starting transient is usually an important identifying feature of the instrument that is played. Subtle control of articulation is required from skilled musicians to modulate transients during expressi...

A generalized parametric Reed Model for Virtual Musical Instruments

A reed, or more generally, a pressure-controlled valve, is the primary resonator for many wind instruments and vocal systems. In physical modeling synthesis, the method used for simulating the reed typically depends on whether an additional upstream or downstream pressure causes the corresponding side of the valve to open or close further. In this work, a generalized and configurable model of a...

A Digital Synthesis Model of Double-Reed Wind Instruments

We present a real-time synthesis model for double-reed wind instruments based on a nonlinear physical model. One specificity of double-reed instruments, namely, the presence of a confined air jet in the embouchure, for which a physical model has been proposed recently, is included in the synthesis model. The synthesis procedure involves the use of the physical variables via a digital scheme giv...

A Comparison of Practice on a MIDI Wind Controller to Practice on Single-Reed Instruments

Recent progress in the acoustics of wind instruments

Progress made over the past decade in understanding the mechanisms of sound production in music wind instruments is reviewed. The behavior of air columns, horns, and fingerholes is now fairly well understood, and most recent interest centers on details of the sound generator — the reed in woodwinds, the lips in brass instruments, and the air jet in flute-family instruments. Not only do these ge...