Brass Tone Synthesis by Spectrum Evolution Matching with Nonlinear Functions
James W. Beauchamp · Computer Music Journal · 1979
There has been ample evidence from analytical studies done in recent years that brass harmonic spectra (and probably those of other wind instruments) are somehow related to spectra which can be produced by the nonlinear distortion of a variable amplitude sine wave. It is the purpose of this paper to review this evidence and present some results of attempts to synthesize brass tones using this technique.