Modeling vocal-tract influence in reed wind instruments

Overview

• Goal:
  • To explore the influence of upstream vocal-tract resonances in reed wind instrument performance and modeling
  • To develop an upstream model which can be intuitively controlled to test upstream-downstream coupling and reed entrainment in a real-time context.

• Demonstration:
  • Vocal-tract influences in saxophone performance
  • Model results

• Past Research
  • Mixed conclusions regarding the acoustic significance of the player's windway
  • No real-time synthesis efforts

• Model/Synthesis Approach:
  • The air column model
  • The reed / air column interaction
  • Mouth cavity resonances
  • Other vocal tract models