Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!anderson From: anderson@uwvax.UUCP (David P. Anderson) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: piano decay rates: question Message-ID: <137@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 00:06:45 EST Article-I.D.: uwvax.137 Posted: Sat Mar 2 00:06:45 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 02:03:58 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 15 <> I am trying to get a piano-like sound out of a dumb digital synthesizer (the Rayna board to be exact). Does anyone know or have pointers: 1) how the overall decay rate varies as a function of frequency, in pianos (it's undoubtedly different for different harmonics, but this is a 1-oscillator approximation), and what is a typical decay rate for damped strings. 2) Should volume be scaled as a function of frequency to offset quirks of human hearing? It seems to me that, among notes of equal volume, the lower-midrange ones are perceived as louder. Mail to me if you know (or want to know) about this stuff. David Anderson (..uwvax!anderson)