[LAD] a treasure trove of information on "Physical Audio Signal Processing"

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Mon, September 27, 2010 7:03 am, Stefano D'Angelo wrote:
> 2010/9/26  <fons at kokkinizita.net>:
>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 04:17:43PM +0200, Stefano D'Angelo wrote:
>>
>>> I recently (last friday) got my MSc graduation with a thesis on
>>> physics-based (a.k.a. physical) modeling for sound processing and was
>>> just about to post a link on this mailing list.
>>>
>>> http://naspro.atheme.org/public/mt_dangelo.pdf
>>
>> Auguri & congratulations !
>
> Ti ringrazio :-)
>
>> The tube amp example is really nice - including the interaction
>> with the speaker - all of it: electrical, mechanical and acoustic.
>> This is also the first time I see both the impedance and mobility
>> models explained in a graduation paper. The fact that the two
>> exist is the source of *lots* of confusion - you did well to
>> include this, even if it's just a detail in the whole paper.
>
> Well, since almost nobody is into this stuff at my home university I
> thought it was a good idea to try to explain most things, even if not
> in much detail (the whole thing was mostly prepared during my Erasmus
> exchange programme in Helsinki, and there is a whole department
> working on this stuff there).
>
>> A question: how many iterations does the tube model typically
>> require to converge to the required precision ?
>
> I have to admit I don't know, I will check and let you know. ;-)
>
>> I hope you will continue to develop Permafrost, even without
>> optimisation it would make a very nice simulation tool.
>
> Eh... it depends on what is going to happen now, whether I will find a
> job or continue within the university and how much spare time I will
> be able to have. Money, damn money!
>
> In the meanwhile I already restarted working on it and there is also a
> friend of mine helping me (but he's a total beginner in "serious"
> programming).. let's see what happens.
>
> BTW, if somebody can offer me a job or a PhD or anything to keep me
> working on these things... :-)
>

You never know with this list. It might help if you say what kind of job
would enable you to do that.


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Patrick Shirkey
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