Sound Examples

• Plucked and Struck Acoustic Strings
  • Plucked/Struck Strings (NeXT Computer, 1989): (WAV) (MP3)
  • Classical Guitar: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Harpsichord: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Harpsichord: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Piano: (WAV) (MP3)
• Bowed Strings
  • Early Cello (1982): (WAV) (MP3)
  • Double Bass: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Cello: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Viola 1: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Viola 2: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Violin 1: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Violin 2: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Violin Ensemble: (WAV) (MP3)
• Electric Guitars
  • Electric Guitar, Bass Pickup: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Electric Guitar, Single-Coil Pickup: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Hollow-Body Electric Guitar: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Distorted Electric Guitar: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Distorted Electric Guitar + Feedback: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Distorted Electric Guitar + Feedback: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Electric Guitar + Wah-Wah Effect: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Nonlinear String: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Sitar: (WAV) (MP3)
• Yamaha ``Virtual Lead'' (VL) Synthesizer (1994)
  • Oboe and Bassoon: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Shakuhachi: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Trumpet: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Tenor Saxophone: (WAV) (MP3)
• Staccato Systems
  • Distorted Electric Guitar + Feedback: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Distorted Electric Guitar + Feedback: (WAV) (MP3)
  • ``Slide Flute'' (Perry Cook 1992): (WAV) (MP3)
  • Finger Bass: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Harpsichord: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Jazz Trio: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Latin Ensemble: (WAV) (MP3)
  • Percussion
    • Gongs: (WAV) (MP3)
    • Marimba: (WAV) (MP3)

C++ software that generates relevant sound examples may be found in the Synthesis Tool Kit (STK) distribution [86]. There are also relevant examples in the Faust language [454].^H.1

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