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Re: How do I get a fly buzzing sound?

Date1999-06-20 07:21
FromSean Costello
SubjectRe: How do I get a fly buzzing sound?
Mark Gay wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to put together some instruments that duplicate the sound
> of buzzing insects.  I'd like to get a fat house fly type of buzz as well as
> a more high pitched mousquito.  I'm currently  mostlly working with VAZ but
> I use Csound as well.

I haven't tried it, but here are a few ideas:

1) Start with the buzz generator. :) Or gbuzz, as it might be easier to get the proper sound this
way.

2) Use filtering. For a mosquito, maybe some highpass filtering. For a housefly, maybe something
like a lowpass filter combined with reson, with reson being modulated by the buzz signal (be sure
kr=sr for this). This should help get that flatulent, sputtering effect.

3) Have the pitch and amplitude modulated by independent randi generators, set to low frequencies (1
Hz or so - experiment for best results). The amplitude modulation should be only a fraction of the
overall amplitude.

Date1999-06-20 18:06
FromKevin Conder
SubjectRe: How do I get a fly buzzing sound?
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Sean Costello wrote:

> Mark Gay wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been trying to put together some instruments that duplicate the sound
> > of buzzing insects.  I'd like to get a fat house fly type of buzz as well as
> > a more high pitched mousquito.  I'm currently  mostlly working with VAZ but
> > I use Csound as well.

	Try the insects files (Instrument #2) at
http://www.music.gla.ac.uk/HTMLFolder/UnderGrad/Synthesis/stuart/stuart.htm

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