Improved Carillon Synthesis

with Mark Rau and Orchisama Das

An improved and expanded method for carillon bell synthesis is proposed. Measurements of a carillon bell and its clapper were made to serve as the basis for an efficient synthesis framework. Mode frequencies, damping, and amplitudes are used to form a modal model fit to measurements. A parameterized clapper interaction model is proposed to drive the bell model, reproducing variation of timbre as the bell is played in different dynamic ranges. Reverberation of the belfry was measured from several listener perspectives and an efficient modal reverberation architecture is shown to model the sound of the bell from locations inside and outside the belfry.


Audio Examples

Measured
Modeled
 
Synthesized bell with light force
Synthesized bell with medium force
Synthesized bell with heavy force
 
Belfry impulse response
Ground impulse response
Synthesized bell only modes corresponding to reverb modes
 
Synthesized bell with no reverb
Synthesized bell with convolution reverb
Synthesized bell with efficient modal reverb
Synthesized bell with efficient modal reverb and short transient FIR