The Sound of a Plectrum, Finger or Fingernail Plucked String

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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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