Singing synthesis and composition
Gerald Bennett · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1988
Apart from its interest as a confirmation of experimental hypotheses, singing synthesis can be of great importance in contemporary composition. The experience of many composers with the program CHANP, developed at IRCAM, shows that a sound synthesis program based on a specific physical model can serve as a general purpose synthesis tool, while remaining intuitively manageable. The particular structure of the program CHANP offers the possibility of defining both the local structure of the sound itself and the larger scale structure of the composition. Musical examples will illustrate both vocal and nonvocal sounds taken from electroacoustic compositions.