Hi Joel and David, thanks both of you for your very kind feedback. the story about the Swiss composer/musician is lovely. David, physically modelled or informed. Physical modelling is what it sounds like: building a physical model of an instrument. Analysing the components in an instrument that produce sound, other components that shape it or add to it and things that resonate. The piano-like sound is based on the idea of a physical model of a piano. Things like the Array Mbira like sound are more tuned by ear and using a tiny bit of theory. Mostly combining things that sound good and get closer to the desired timbre. The basic techniques involved are waveguides (tuned feedfback delays) and modal synthesis, highly resonant filters. For plucked or struck instruments, you basically send a short noise burst - or sound burst - into either the delay line or the filter. The modal filters can be used like additive synthesis. You take a few of those filters, tune their resonant frequencies and let them ring out. The decay of those filters, as the decay of the feedback delays, sound very natural and envelope and for the delays also in frequency. Usually a lowpass filter is put in the delays feedback. I'm not much up on synth plugins in Linux, but there are many commercial software synths using that approach. The Mutable Instruments Plaits "oscillator" should offer both kinds of synthesis. It's basically free software and has been implemented a few times in hardware and software. I hope this explains the process better and has answered what you want to know. If you'd like to know anything specific, please just ask. Even though the code might need more beautifying and possibly a little more overhaul for public consumption, I can share it. Best wishes and thanks again, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c But now I'm stronger than yesterday <3 (Britney Spears)

Hi Will, thanks for listening and commenting! It's always appreciated. Best wishes, Jeanny -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c Open my eyes, I look deep inside, I run away... <3 (Britney Spears)

Hi Alf, thanks for the nice feedback. I'm very glad you enjoyed both the listen and the bit of whimsical fun around the ensemble. Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c You know I'm one of a kind, There'll never be another me <3 (Britney Spears)

Hi Bill, if you ever play that in the church, I'd like to hear how this pans out. It's not exactly designed for speaker playback, being binaural 3D. It would still be interesting. Thanks for your kind words! Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c You know I'm one of a kind, There'll never be another me <3 (Britney Spears)

Hi Roger, thanks for the kind feedback. I think there'll be more where that came from. :) Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c I'm not that innocent... <3 (Britney Spears)