This site documents a series of experiments that were carried out in order to determine the limitations of physical modelling synthesis and its applications in musical instrument digital prototyping. This study will focus on the vibraphone, a pitched percussion instrument.

Site Contents

Workflow Overview	includes a high-level description of the process and links to required software tools
Generating the Bar	the script used to generate vibraphone bars
Length Estimation	an experiment to determine the parameters of a bar with a specific target pitch
Modal Analysis	the steps to perform modal analysis in Fusion 360
Generating the Sound	the steps to convert the output of the analysis to an audible sound wave
Isolating the Bar	an experiment to analyze the difference between the sound created by the vibraphone mallet and the bar
Results Analysis	an experiment to analyze the difference between the trimmed vibraphone recording and the simulated sound

• View the code on github