Theses

Journal Papers

  • Murphy, E., Lagrange, M., Scavone, G., Depalle, P. and Guastavino, C. (2011). “Perceptual evaluation of rolling sound synthesis.” Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 97, No. 5, pp. 840-851.
  • da Silva, A., Scavone, G., and Lenzi, A. (2010). “Numerical investigation of the mean flow effect on the acoustic reflection at the open end of clarinet-like instruments.” Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 96, No. 5, pp. 959-966.
  • Lagrange, M., Scavone, G., and Depalle, P. (2010). “Analysis / synthesis of sounds generated by sustained contact between rigid objects.” IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, Vol. 18, No. 3, March 2010, pp. 509–518.
  • da Silva, A., Scavone, G., and Lefebvre, A. (2009). “Sound reflection at the open end of axisymmetric ducts issuing a subsonic mean flow: A numerical study.” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 327, pp. 507-528.
  • da Silva, A. and Scavone, G. “Lattice Boltzmann simulations of the acoustic radiation from waveguides.” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 40 (2007), pp. 397-408.

Book Chapter

  • Cook, P.R. and Scavone, G. (2004) “The Synthesis ToolKit (STK) in C++.” In Audio Anecdotes: A Cookbook of Audio Algorithms and Techniques, edited by Ken Greenbaum, A.K. Peters, pp. 237-253.

Conference Papers

  • Saitis, C., Giordano, B. L., Fritz, C. and Scavone, G. (2011). “Aspects of experimental design for the perceptual evaluation of violin qualities.” Canadian Acoustics, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 134–135.
  • Sinclair, S., Wanderley, M., Hayward, V. and Scavone, G. “Noise-free haptic interaction with a bowed-string acoustic model.” In IEEE – World Haptics Conference 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Lee, J., Depalle, P. and Scavone, G. “Analysis / Synthesis of Rolling Sounds Using a Source-Filter Approach.” In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-10), Graz, Austria, 2010.
  • Kim, M. and Scavone, G. “Domain Decomposition Method for the Digital Waveguide Mesh.” In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, New Paltz, NY, 2009.
  • Sinclair, S., Scavone, G. and Wanderley, M. “Audio-haptic interaction with the digital waveguide bowed string.” In Proceedings of the 2009 International Computer Music Conference, Montreal, Canada, pp. 275-278.
  • Murphy, E., Lagrange, M., Scavone, G., Depalle, P. and Guastavino, C. “Perceptual Evaluation of a Real-time Synthesis Technique for Rolling Sounds.” In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, Pisa, Italy.
  • Zadel, M. and Scavone, G. “Recent Developments in the Different Strokes Environment.” In Proceedings of 2008 International Computer Music Conference, Belfast, N. Ireland, 2008. pp. 1-4.
  • Scavone, G. and Whetsell, N. “The Music Technology Program at McGill University.” In Proceedings of 2008 International Computer Music Conference, Belfast, N. Ireland, 2008, pp. 327-330.
  • Lagrange, M., Scavone, G., and Depalle, P. “Time-Domain Analysis / Synthesis of the Excitation Signal in a Source / Filter Model of Contact Sounds.” In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Auditory Display, Paris, France.
  • Lefebvre, A. and Scavone, G. “Wind Instrument Acoustic Research in the Computational Acoustic Modeling Laboratory, McGill University”, Canadian Acoustics, 35, No. 3, pp. 52-53, 2007.
  • da Silva, A. and Scavone, G. “Coupling Lattice Boltzmann Models to Digital Waveguides for Wind Instrument Simulations.” In Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Barcelona, Spain, September 2007.
  • de Leon, S. and Scavone, G. “Coupled Time-Domain Simulation of Linear Acoustic Systems by Boundary Integration.” In Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Barcelona, Spain, September 2007.
  • Matthews, T. and Scavone, G. “An Online System for Viewing the Input Impedance of Saxophones.” In Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Barcelona, Spain, September 2007.
  • da Silva, A., Kuehnelt, H. and Scavone, G. “A Brief Survey of the Lattice Boltzmann Method in Musical Acoustics.” In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Madrid, Spain, September 2007.
  • Zadel, M. and Scavone, G. “Laptop Performance: Techniques, Tools, and a New Interface Design,” In Proceedings of 2006 International Computer Music Conference, New Orleans, USA, November, 2006.
  • Scavone, G. and Smith, J.O. “A Stable Acoustic Impedance Model of the Clarinet using Digital Waveguides,” In Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-06), Montreal, Canada, September 2006.
  • Zadel, M. and Scavone, G. “Different Strokes: a Prototype Software System for Laptop Performance and Improvisation,” In Proceedings of 2006 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME-06), Paris, France, May, 2006.
  • da Silva, A. and Scavone, G. “Characterizing Impedance of Woodwind Intruments with the Lattice-Boltzamnn Method,” In Proceedings of the 2005 Brazilian Symposium of Computer Music (SBCM), Belo Horizonte, October, 2005.
  • Scavone, G. and Cook, P.R. “RtMidi, RtAudio, and a Synthesis ToolKit (STK) Update,” In Proceedings of the 2005 International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 327-330.
  • da Silva, A., Wanderley, M. and Scavone, G. “On the Use of the Flute Air Jet as a Musical Control Variable,” In Proceedings of 2005 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME-05), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 105-108.
  • Scavone, G. and da Silva, A. “Frequency Content of Breath Pressure and Implications for Use in Control,” In Proceedings of 2005 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME-05), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 93-96.
  • Scavone, G. and Cook, P.R. “The Synthesis ToolKit (STK) in C++,” in Audio Anecdotes: A Cookbook of Audio Algorithms and Techniques, edited by Ken Greenbaum and R. Barzel, Wellesley, MA: A.K. Peters, 2004.
  • Scavone, G. and Wanderley, M. “The Music Technology Program at McGill University,” In Proceedings of the 2004 International Computer Music Conference, Miami, USA, pp. 264-267.
  • Scavone, G. “Modeling Vocal-Tract Influence in Reed Wind Instruments,” In Proceedings of the 2003 Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 291-294.
  • Scavone, G. “THE PIPE: Explorations with Breath Control,” In Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression (NIME-03), Montreal, Canada, pp. 15-18.

Published Conference Abstracts

  • Saitis, C., Scavone, G., Fritz, C., and Giordano, B. (2010). “Evaluating violin quality: How consistent are skilled players? (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 128, p. 2284.
  • Scavone, G., Lefebvre, A., and da Silva, A. (2008). “Evaluating vocal-tract influence in the production of saxophone multiphonics (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 123, p. 3123.
  • Lefebvre, A. and Scavone, G. (2008). “Input impedance measurements of conical acoustic systems using the two-microphone technique (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 123, p. 3015 (paper in Proceedings of the Acoustics '08 Conference).
  • da Silva, A. and Scavone, G. (2008). “The influence of the mean flow on the transmission properties of wind instruments (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 123, p. 3447.
  • da Silva, A. and Scavone, G. (2007). “The influence of the acoustic feedback on the fluid-structure interaction within single-reed mouthpieces: A numerical investigation (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 122, p. 3056.
  • Scavone, G. (2006). “Real-time measurement/viewing of vocal-tract influence during wind instrument performance (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 119, p. 3382.
  • Lefebvre, A. and Scavone, G. (2006). “Input impedance measurements of alto saxophones with a calibration error analysis (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 120, p. 3332.
  • da Silva, A. and Scavone, G. (2006). “A hybrid approach for simulating clarinet-like systems involving the lattice Boltzmann method and a finite difference scheme (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 120, p. 3362.
  • da Silva, A., Depalle, P. and Scavone, G. (2006). “Benchmarking the lattice Boltzmann method for the determination of acoustic impedances of axisymmetric waveguides (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 119, p. 3383.
  • Scavone, G. (2005). “A unified digital waveguide (infra)structure for synthesizing wind instrument sounds (A).” Journal of the Acoustical Soc. of America, 117, p. 2415.