Modal decomposition synthesis for localized nonlinear losses at termination of a woodwind model: influence on sound characteristics

TL;DR

This paper develops a nonlinear sound synthesis model for woodwind instruments using modal decomposition, incorporating localized nonlinear losses at the instrument's end, and explores their influence on sound characteristics.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method to extend input impedance to the nonlinear domain by including RMS velocity dependence, enabling more accurate sound synthesis.

Findings

Model accurately reproduces bifurcation diagrams of reed instruments

Localized nonlinear losses significantly affect the acoustic pressure signal

The approach improves understanding of nonlinear effects in woodwind sound production

Abstract

A sound synthesis model for woodwind instruments is developed using modal decomposition of the input impedance, accounting for viscothermal losses as well as localized nonlinear losses at the end of the resonator. To extend the definition of the input impedance to the nonlinear domain, the method incorporates a dependence on the RMS acoustic velocity at a geometric discontinuity. The poles and residues resulting from the modal decomposition are then fitted with respect to this velocity. Thus, the pressure-flow relation defined by the resonator is completed by new equations which account for the dependence with the RMS velocity at the end of the tube. The ability of the model to reproduce the bifurcation diagram of a reed instrument was confirmed in a previous article from the authors [1]. The present work focuses on the influence of localized nonlinear losses on the acoustic pressure signal. Results are discussed with the observations of [2].