Commuted Synthesis of String Reverberation

The sound of all strings ringing can be summed with the excitation to simulate the effect of many strings resonating with the played string when the sustain pedal is down [519]. The string loop filters out the unwanted frequencies in this signal and selects only the overtones which would be excited by the played string.

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About the Author: Julius Orion Smith III
Julius Smith's background is in electrical engineering (BS Rice 1975, PhD Stanford 1983). He is presently Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), teaching courses and pursuing research related to signal processing applied to music and audio systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ for details.