Virtual Flute

This laboratory assignment should teach students how to model the physics of a flute using a digital waveguide. After explaining the acoustics of a tube with two open ends, we develop a simple digital waveguide flute model. Next, the model is extended to include a noise excitation source and a nonlinear element. Students investigate the behavior of the flute model in pd and answer some questions to solidify understanding. The prerequisite assignments are the monochord laboratory assignment, the weighted monochord laboratory assignment, the harmonics laboratory assignment, the traveling waves laboratory assignment, the digital waveguide model laboratory assignment, and the virtual acoustic tube lab.