Introduction to musical acoustics and its applications. Physical and perceptive aspects of musical signals will be studied. Studying and modelling the physics of musical instruments allow to highlight how sound can be generated. We will model acoustical and mechanical resonators, free oscillations, and self-sustained oscillations of wind instruments. Radiation by soundboards in the case of the piano and stringed instruments will also be discussed. Furthermore, an introduction to 3D electroacoustic diffusion methods through a network of speakers or headphones will allow us to approach different spatialization and sound field synthesis techniques (stereo, VBAP, ambisonic, binaural).
• Introduction to musical acoustics Properties of musical sounds (signal, physics, perception) • Classification of musical instruments from the physical viewpoint Free oscillations musical instruments (percussions, piano, plucked string, …) • Wind instruments (resonators, brass, reed, flute, …), bowed string, self-sustained oscillations (stability, bifurcations, …) • Digital audio, sound synthesis, signal processing of musical sounds, sound field synthesis techniques