This paper reviews recent developments in physics-based synthesis of piano. The paper considers the main components of the instrument, that is, the hammer, the string, and the soundboard. Modeling techniques are discussed for each of these elements, together with implementation strategies. Attention is focused on numerical issues, and each implementation technique is described in light of its efficiency and accuracy properties. As the structured audio coding approach is gaining popularity, the authors argue that the physical modeling approach will have relevant applications in the field of multimedia communication.
This article is part of the series Digital Audio for Multimedia Communications.
Physically Informed Signal Processing Methods for Piano Sound Synthesis: A Research Overview
1 Department of Measurement and Information Systems, Faculty of Electronical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest H-111, Hungary
2 Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padua 35131, Italy
3 Dipartimento di Informatica, University of Verona, Verona 37134, Italy
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2003, 2003:464536 doi:10.1155/S1110865703304093
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Received: | 31 May 2002 |
Revisions received: | 6 March 2003 |
Published: | 8 September 2003 |
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