15-322 Introduction to Computer Music: Homework 2





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Please write short answers in a text (.txt) or PDF (.pdf) file named USERID-h02.txt or USERID-h02.pdf in your h02 folder.

  1. What is the difference between a waveguide (or waveguide filter) and a digital delay line?
  2. Creating periodic signals is simple: just create a sequence of samples and repeat the sequence over and over. One of the problems encountered in digital synthesis is that fundamental periods of oscillation are often not multiples of the sample period. One period of vibration takes non-integral number of samples, and you cannot simply repeat the same sequence over and over if you want fine frequency control. Describe how the problem of fractional periods is dealt with in each of the following synthesis methods:
    • Table-lookup oscillators
    • Sampling synthesis
    • Karplus-Strong synthesis (i.e. how can the basic Karplus-Strong synthesis be extended to achieve fine frequency control)
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