Research projects in CAML can be grouped roughly into the following categories:
- Physics-based modeling: for sound synthesis and/or computer-aided instrument evaluation and design;
- Measurements: for the analysis of instrument or player behaviour or extraction of model parameters;
- Perceptual experiments: to assess player discrimination or the importance of instrument features / qualities;
- Experiments with new materials in musical instruments.
Many of the projects described below involve combinations of several of the above categories. As well, many of these investigations have been conducted by multiple students and been ongoing for many years.
| [[projects:vib|{{:projects:vibrato.jpeg?62|}}]] | [[projects:vib|Vocal Vibrato Analysis and Pedagogy]] |
| [[projects:par|{{:par.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:par|Efficient Sound Synthesis by Parallel Filters]] |
| [[projects:frm|{{:projects:Melodeon.jpg?45|}}]] | [[projects:frm|Free Reed Modeling and Sound Synthesis]] |
| [[projects:ped|{{:projects:pedagogy.png?95|}}]] | [[projects:ped|Assistive Technologies for Music Pedagogy]] |
| [[projects:lbm|{{:lbm1.png?99|}}]] | [[projects:lbm|Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Acoustic Systems]] |
| [[projects:adsm|{{:projects:bec_rebuild_201910_2_v2_.png?108|}}]] | [[projects:adsm|Analysis and Design of Saxophone Mouthpieces]] |
| [[projects:bars|{{:projects:twobars.png?118}}]] | [[projects:bars|Idiophone Bar Shape Optimization Using FEM]] |
| [[projects:fem|{{:fem.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:fem|Finite Element Modeling of Woodwind Air Columns]] |
| [[projects:vti|{{:vtimouthpiece.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:vti|Vocal Tract Influence in Wind Instrument Performance]] |
| [[projects:vln|{{:projects:violin.png?95|}}]] | [[projects:vln|Perception of Music Instrument Qualities]] |
| [[projects:mouthbox|{{:projects:mouthbox.png?67}}]] | [[projects:mouthbox|Mechanical Wind Player Development]] |
| [[projects:pms|{{:bridgecrop.png?100||}}]] | [[projects:pms|String Instrument Measurements and Modeling]] |
| [[projects:brass|{{:projects:mytrumpet.png?185}}]] | [[projects:brass|Brass instrument Acoustics]] |
| [[projects:direc|{{:direc_cla.png?88}}]] | [[projects:direc|High-resolution measurement and simulation of sound source directivity]] |
====== Past Projects ======
| [[projects:rmm|{{:projects:reeds2.png?99|}}]] | [[projects:rmm|Microstructural Modeling and Characterization of Reeds]] |
| [[projects:nm|{{:violinplate.png?108|}}]] | [[projects:nm|Experiments / Analyses with Composite Materials in String Instruments]] |
| [[projects:ir|{{:projects:zprobe.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:ir|Acoustic Measurement Techniques]] |
| [[projects:sax|{{:cad-sax.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:sax|Woodwind Instrument Design Optimisation]] |
| [[projects:laptop|{{:laptop.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:laptop|Alternate Interfaces for Laptop Performance]] |
| [[projects:siio|{{:siio.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:siio|Saxophone Input Impedance Online]] |
| [[projects:bem|{{:bem.png?100|}}]] | [[projects:bem|Boundary Element Modeling for Acoustic Systems]] |