The Sound of a Plectrum, Finger or Fingernail Plucked String
Report
1) The usual Karplus-Strong
Karplus-Strong
2) The commuted synthesis
Commuted synthesis (body-string)
3) The effect of initial displacement shape
Sharp-cornerd displacement
(pick-like)
Smooth displacement (finger-like)
4) The non-physical attack-decay envelope control
Slow attack, white noise excitation
(finger-like or something more rough and dry actually)
Slow attack, lowpass filtered
white noise
Fast attack, white noise excitation
(more plectrum-like)
Fast attack, lowpass filtered
white noise
Fast attack, bandpass filtered
white noise
5) The pre-recorded sample excitation
Finger-nail pluck on a metal string
6) The bowed string model
STK Bowed (with
Friedlander-upgrade)
Last updated 9/10/02
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