The authors have developed efficient DSP algorithms for real-time synthesis of plucked string instruments, such as the acoustic guitar, mandolin, and kantele-a traditional Finnish zither. The paper discusses how nonlinear effects due to string terminations can be incorporated in the discrete-time models and describes the implementation using multirate techniques. Several approaches to control the physical model are described.

Authors: Välimäki, Vesa; Huopaniemi, Jyri; Karjalainen, Matti; Jánosy, Zoltán
Affiliations: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland ; Stanford University, CA ; Technical University of Budapest, Hungary(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 98 (February 1995) Paper Number: 3956
Publication Date: February 1, 1995
Subject: Electronic Music and Musical Instrument Acoustics

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