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Fm Synthesis

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Fm synthesis refers to the process of creating functional materials through the integration of molecular components, often involving the manipulation of chemical bonds and structures at the molecular level. This field encompasses various techniques and methodologies aimed at developing materials with specific properties for applications in electronics, catalysis, and nanotechnology.
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Fm synthesis refers to the process of creating functional materials through the integration of molecular components, often involving the manipulation of chemical bonds and structures at the molecular level. This field encompasses various techniques and methodologies aimed at developing materials with specific properties for applications in electronics, catalysis, and nanotechnology.

Key research themes

1. How can automatic parameter estimation and optimization improve FM synthesis for generating realistic or targeted musical sounds?

This research theme investigates methods to automatically calibrate and optimize FM synthesis parameters to closely replicate desired harmonic sounds or instrument timbres. It focuses on overcoming the challenges associated with manual parameter selection due to complex, non-intuitive mappings between synthesis controls and resultant audio, thereby enhancing the usability and precision of FM synthesis models in musical sound design.

Key finding: This paper demonstrates that Genetic Algorithms (GA) can effectively optimize parameters of Modified FM (ModFM) synthesis to match harmonic musical instrument tones. By automating the parameter search, the approach addresses... Read more
Key finding: The study introduces a differentiable FM synthesis architecture, DDX7, that enables continuous control of FM synthesis parameters from audio input via deep neural networks. Training on single-instrument samples, DDX7 can... Read more

2. What are the perceptual and semantic relationships between timbre and sound parameters within FM synthesis, and how do affective adjective descriptors influence sound creation?

This line of research explores the cognitive and linguistic dimensions of timbre as expressed through FM synthesis, examining how musicians map affective and semantic adjectives onto sound parameters. It aims to quantify consistency in timbral creation despite unfamiliar synthesis interfaces and to correlate emotional dimensions of words such as valence and arousal with acoustic properties to inform sound design.

Key finding: The study finds that musically trained participants demonstrate moderate consistency in producing FM synthesized timbres corresponding to 20 common timbre adjectives. Further, affective word dimensions like valence and... Read more

3. How can advanced synthesis frameworks unify traditional FM synthesis concepts with newer computational paradigms for enhanced sound design and expressiveness?

This research theme examines the integration of FM synthesis within broader, flexible computational frameworks capable of supporting advanced sound synthesis techniques such as microsound synthesis and differentiable digital signal processing. It focuses on programming abstractions, real-time implementation, and compositional approaches that enhance the expressive power and ease of use of FM synthesis in the digital audio ecosystem.

Key finding: The paper presents LC, a computer music language combining traditional unit generators and a novel microsound synthesis framework, enabling seamless cooperation between discrete synthesis paradigms. Though not FM... Read more
Key finding: This work proposes Envelope Learning to improve Tone Transfer architectures that map audio inputs to FM synthesizer parameters, emphasizing accurate rendering of musical articulation such as note onsets and offsets. By... Read more

All papers in Fm Synthesis

This paper, presented at the TIMBRE conference 2023, extends the analysis of the perception of musical cadence for short stimuli combining pitch, bell, and noise sounds presented in this article published by the Journal of New Music... more
Many commercial software applications for timbre creation and manipulation feature an engineering-focused, parametric layout. This paper argues the case for a perceptually motivated approach to interface design in such tools.... more
The piece Partiels (Grisey 1976), from Gérard Grisey's cycle Les Espaces Acoustiques, is emblematic of the aesthetics of French spectral music. Considered and analyzed by several authors from a compositional perspective (Krier 2000, Féron... more
Il testo in oggetto è stato realizzato cercando di approfondire ed ideare un elemento compositivo per lo spazio acustico, realizzato per mezzo della quadrifonia di Gerzon. Tale tecnica di riproduzione sonora di registrazioni Blumlein... more
Programme and abstracts of the Conference Music and Space.
My paper is about Mahler's "Klangraum"
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The Conservatory of Parma, together with the University of Parma, Parma Municipality - Casa della Musica and the Italian Musicological Society, has organized the international Conference Musica e spazio: esperienze passate, prospettive... more
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This paper presents a discursive review of the dimensions pleasure, arousal and dominance that Mehrabian and Russell developed in 1974 to assess environmental perception, experience, and psychological responses. Since then numerous... more
Il lavoro dimostra la tecnica compositiva e di sintesi per la performance dell’evento conclusivo del progetto “Voci” 2018, il quale affronta il tema dell’antisemitismo Italiano. La sonorizzazione è applicata alla prima parte dello... more
Riassunto della Quinta Lezione.
Tecniche di Sintesi Additiva e Sottrattiva; Modulazioni di Ampiezza (Am) e ad Anello (Rm).
Variable Phasen-Modulation bzw. Frequenzmodulation Erfahrungen, Hintergründe, Tipps und Tricks zur Soundprogrammierung ===> Der Begriff Ratio ist noch nirgendwo erklärt. Was bedeutet Ratio 0? ===> Audio-In als Modulationsquelle scheint... more
Perceptual studies of timbre semantics have revealed certain consistencies in the linguistic conceptualization of acoustic attributes. In the standard experimental paradigm, participants hear timbral stimuli and provide behavioral... more
Alla ricerca di una chiave per l'infinito. Paradigmi originari della musica elettroacu-stica. 1. Dominare il reale. Il Traité des Objets Musicaux di Pierre Schaeffer. Se è ben vero che gli strumenti elettrici si affacciano, in quanto... more
Interfaced to an inexpensive, readily available microcomputer, the alphaSyntauri provides musicians and studio technicians with a digital synthesizer. It can be used for sequencing and real time effects, timing, repeats and timbre.... more
Masterclass di composizione algoritmica e sintesi del suono
Conservatorio di Genova 16 gennaio/14 febbraio 2015

Docenti :

Fabio De Sanctis de Benedictis
Giorgio Zucco
Introduzione alla computer music, le novità del linguaggio Csound5, il tempo reale, inviluppi, tremolo, vibrato, spazializzazione, processi generativi, controllo midi, OSC, sintesi additiva, sottrattiva, modulazione di frequenza, sintesi... more
John Chowningè una delle figure più rilevanti e influenti a livello mondiale nel campo della computer music, tanto come compositore che come ricercatore. Le sue opere negli anni settanta significarono un grande progresso nella maturazione... more
volta ad essere usata solo in differita a causa del basso numero di oscillatori implementabili in tempo reale, è ormai matura per applicazioni musicali. Sono oggi disponibili diversi strumenti e approcci all'analisi additiva, anche se non... more
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