An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch Samples
Sound synthesizers are a natural element of a musician's toolset. In music arrangement, samplers can often produce satisfactory results, but it requires a combination of manual and automatic methods that may be arduous at times. Concatenative Sound Synthesis reproduces many of natural performan...
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| author | Marek Janusz PLUTA Leszek Jędrzej SPAŁEK Rafał Jacek DELEKTA |
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| description | Sound synthesizers are a natural element of a musician's toolset. In music arrangement, samplers can often produce satisfactory results, but it requires a combination of manual and automatic methods that may be arduous at times. Concatenative Sound Synthesis reproduces many of natural performance- and expression-related nuances- but at a cost of high demand for processing power. Here, another method of musical phrase synthesis aimed at music arrangement is presented that addresses these and other related issues. Contrary to common practice, we propose to record and utilize sound samples containing not one, but short sequences of pitches. In effect, natural pitch transitions are preserved and phrases appear to be much smoother, despite using very limited set of performance rules. The proof-of-concept implementation of the proposed method is discussed in detail along with attempts at optimizing the final sound effects, based on auditory tests. The limitations and future applications of the synthesizer are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9182552c71b84ce2aba3455d2de290212025-08-20T02:52:12ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2017-04-0142210.1515/aoa-2017-0026An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch SamplesMarek Janusz PLUTA0Leszek Jędrzej SPAŁEK1Rafał Jacek DELEKTA2Academy of Music in KrakowCracow Institute of TechnologyAcademy of Music in KrakowSound synthesizers are a natural element of a musician's toolset. In music arrangement, samplers can often produce satisfactory results, but it requires a combination of manual and automatic methods that may be arduous at times. Concatenative Sound Synthesis reproduces many of natural performance- and expression-related nuances- but at a cost of high demand for processing power. Here, another method of musical phrase synthesis aimed at music arrangement is presented that addresses these and other related issues. Contrary to common practice, we propose to record and utilize sound samples containing not one, but short sequences of pitches. In effect, natural pitch transitions are preserved and phrases appear to be much smoother, despite using very limited set of performance rules. The proof-of-concept implementation of the proposed method is discussed in detail along with attempts at optimizing the final sound effects, based on auditory tests. The limitations and future applications of the synthesizer are also discussed.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/1789sound synthesissynthesis methodssamplingConcatenative Sound Synthesis |
| spellingShingle | Marek Janusz PLUTA Leszek Jędrzej SPAŁEK Rafał Jacek DELEKTA An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch Samples Archives of Acoustics sound synthesis synthesis methods sampling Concatenative Sound Synthesis |
| title | An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch Samples |
| title_full | An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch Samples |
| title_fullStr | An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch Samples |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch Samples |
| title_short | An Automatic Synthesis of Musical Phrases from Multi-Pitch Samples |
| title_sort | automatic synthesis of musical phrases from multi pitch samples |
| topic | sound synthesis synthesis methods sampling Concatenative Sound Synthesis |
| url | https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/1789 |
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