Sound Synthesis and Sampling, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 2

Making Sounds Physically

CONTENTS

Sounds and musical instrument

2.1  Sounds and musical instruments

2.2  Hit, scrape and twang

2.3  Blow into and over

Environment

2.4  Sequencing

2.5  Recording

2.6  Performing

2.7  Examples

2.8  Questions

2.9  Timeline

This chapter deals with sounds that are made by physical methods. This serves two purposes:

■  To introduce classification systems for musical instruments and sounds, and thereby, to start the discussion of the analysis and synthesis of sound.

■  To introduce the chapter contents with a simple example.

2.1 Sounds and musical instruments

There are many ways to classify musical instruments and sounds.

The simplest division uses the performer's role: using the human vocal tract or interacting ...