updated 3/26/03
There was a special session on Analys1is/Synthesis at ICMC2000 in Berlin. We demonstrated the results of different analysis/synthesis techniques and software packages analyzing a common pool of input source material. This page contains the sounds that were analyzed.
This tar file contains all the sounds (and the one SDIF file): all-sounds.tar.gz (5.4 MB)
| Category | Description | Length (sec) | Sampling Rate | Sound File | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feline | Angry Cat | 5.78 | 44.1 | angry_cat.aiff (510K) | Kelly Fitz |
| Harmonic single note | Trumpet note | 2.43 | 44.1 | trumpet.aiff (215K) | James Beauchamp |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase | Abbie Conant flutter-tonguing a trombone | 2.39 | 44.1 | conant-trommbone-flutter.aiff (211K) | Matt Wright |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase | Saxophone phrase with interesting articulation | 3.97 | 22.05 | leonard.trim.aiff (175K) | James Beauchamp |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase | Same clarinet phrase as "deplus", no reverb | 1.85 | 22.05 | harris.trim.aiff (82K) | James Beauchamp |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase with noise | Musical phrase played on a suling flute | 7.86 | 44.1 | suling-phrase.aiff (693K) | Ron Smith |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase with noise | Shakuhachi | 13 | 48 | shaku.aiff (1248k) | Xavier Rodet |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase with reverb | Clarinet phrase "deplus", lots of reverb | 1.79 | 22.05 | deplus.trim.aiff (79K) | James Beauchamp |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase on a polyphonic instrument | Art Tatum piano excerpt (monophonic line) | 2.69 | 44.1 | tatum.aiff (238K) | Adrian Freed |
| Harmonic monophonic phrase on a polyphonic instrument | Acoustic guitar playing a monophonic line | 2.55 | 44.1 | brokendownengine.aiff (225K) | Adrian Freed |
| Noisy | Matt Wright biting into an apple | 0.9 | 44.1 | applebite2.aiff (80K) | Matt Wright |
| Noisy reattacked string | Berimbao | 3.5 | 44.1 | berimbao.aiff (309K) | Xavier Rodet |
| Percussive, reattacked | Bongo Roll | 1.25 | 44.1 | bongo_roll.aiff (111K) | Kelly Fitz |
| Percussive, noisy, high | Xylophone | 0.781 | 44.1 | xylo.aiff (69K) | Xavier Rodet |
| Percussive, noisy, low | A low bass drum note | 2.52 | 44.1 | bassdrum.aiff (222K) | Xavier Rodet |
| Percussive, partially inharmonic | Piano note | 3.13 | 22.05 | piano.aiff (138K) | James Beauchamp |
| Percussive, inharmonic | Low gamelan gong (with fade-out) | 5.65 | 44.1 | gamelan-gong.aiff (498K) | Ron Smith |
| Polyphonic glissando | Harp glissando | 5.13 | 44.1 | harp_descend.aiff (453K) | Kelly Fitz |
| Polyphonic singing | Chorus singing Webern | 5.33 | 44.1 | webern_choral.aiff (470K) | Kelly Fitz |
| Polyphonic unison, buzzy | Snippet of a tampura drone | 0.994 | 44.1 | tampura.aiff (88K) | Xavier Rodet |
| Singing | Shafqat Ali Khan singing a phrase from Raga Derbari | 1.63 | 44.1 | shafqat-derbari.aiff (144K) | Matt Wright |
| Singing into a Flute | Singing into and playing a flute at the same time | 1.63 | 44.1 | flute+voice.aiff (144K) | Adrian Freed |
| Singing/Yodelling | "Toby" yodelling | 1.47 | 22.05 | toby_yodel.trim.aiff (65K) | James Beauchamp |
| Singing polyphonic unison | Sopranos | 1.87 | 44.1 | sop6a6.aiff (165K) | Xavier Rodet |
| Speech | Erika Bauer's cute giggle | 0.971 | 44.1 | giggle.aiff (86K) | Matt Wright |
| Speech | Shafqat Ali Khan saying "research" | 0.695 | 44.1 | research.aiff (61K) | Matt Wright |
| Synthetic | 10 simultaneous chirps, synthesized from this SDIF file | 0.21 | 44.1 | screw.aiff (19K) | Matt Wright |