Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approaches

Self-sustained musical instruments, such as wind or bowed string instruments, are complex nonlinear systems. They admit a wide variety of regimes, which sometimes coexist for certain values of the control parameters. This phenomenon is known as multistability. With fixed parameters, the selection of...

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Main Authors: Pégeot Martin, Colinot Tom, Doc Jean-Baptiste, Fréour Vincent, Vergez Christophe
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Published: EDP Sciences 2024-01-01
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description Self-sustained musical instruments, such as wind or bowed string instruments, are complex nonlinear systems. They admit a wide variety of regimes, which sometimes coexist for certain values of the control parameters. This phenomenon is known as multistability. With fixed parameters, the selection of a regime and the shape of the transient depend not only on the values of the control parameters, but also on the initial conditions. In this article, we focus on the statistical influence of initial conditions on regime selection and transient duration. An existing sample-based method called basin stability is presented to calculate the probability of occurrence of each regime. A second sample-based method is proposed for the calculation of the probability density function of transient durations. Additionally, a study taking into account specific control scenarios is presented to highlight the influence of the distribution of initial conditions considered for the statistical methods. These methods are presented on a Van der Pol oscillator seen as a prototypical musical instrument model. They are then applied to a physical model of trumpet, to demonstrate their potential for a high dimensional self-oscillating musical instrument. Finally, their interest regarding questions of playability is discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-41958b809d1540f1933c73418af1f4d32025-01-06T10:56:14ZengEDP SciencesActa Acustica2681-46172024-01-0187410.1051/aacus/2024075aacus240038Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approachesPégeot Martin0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9609-3649Colinot Tom1Doc Jean-Baptiste2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-9510Fréour Vincent3Vergez Christophe4Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Med, LMA UMR7031Buffet CramponLaboratoire de Mécanique des Structures et Systèmes CouplésYamaha Corporation, Research and Development DivisionAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Med, LMA UMR7031Self-sustained musical instruments, such as wind or bowed string instruments, are complex nonlinear systems. They admit a wide variety of regimes, which sometimes coexist for certain values of the control parameters. This phenomenon is known as multistability. With fixed parameters, the selection of a regime and the shape of the transient depend not only on the values of the control parameters, but also on the initial conditions. In this article, we focus on the statistical influence of initial conditions on regime selection and transient duration. An existing sample-based method called basin stability is presented to calculate the probability of occurrence of each regime. A second sample-based method is proposed for the calculation of the probability density function of transient durations. Additionally, a study taking into account specific control scenarios is presented to highlight the influence of the distribution of initial conditions considered for the statistical methods. These methods are presented on a Van der Pol oscillator seen as a prototypical musical instrument model. They are then applied to a physical model of trumpet, to demonstrate their potential for a high dimensional self-oscillating musical instrument. Finally, their interest regarding questions of playability is discussed.https://acta-acustica.edpsciences.org/articles/aacus/full_html/2024/01/aacus240038/aacus240038.htmlself-sustained musical instrumentsmultistabilitybasin stabilitytransient durationplayability
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Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approaches
Acta Acustica
self-sustained musical instruments
multistability
basin stability
transient duration
playability
title Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approaches
title_full Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approaches
title_fullStr Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approaches
title_full_unstemmed Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approaches
title_short Playability of self-sustained musical instrument models: statistical approaches
title_sort playability of self sustained musical instrument models statistical approaches
topic self-sustained musical instruments
multistability
basin stability
transient duration
playability
url https://acta-acustica.edpsciences.org/articles/aacus/full_html/2024/01/aacus240038/aacus240038.html
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