Simon Bridge said:Sounds like bells. Say tubular bells struck by rubber hammers?
Of course - technically - the sound is generated by a bunch of electronics responding to digital input.
What do you mean by "reverse engineer"?
There are a lot of things that can make the same or very similar sounds, so working out what did it is a matter of guesswork based on context. In the context of the website - someone fiddled with some sliders on the UI perhaps?
Pretty sure Simon knows the definition. We are asking what you mean by it in this context.btb4198 said:Reverse engineering is when you go backward. In this case from the sound.
what is (i.e. approaching 1.0) electronically generated?DaveC426913 said:Pretty sure Simon knows the definition. We are asking what you mean by it in this context.
The music is almost certainly (i.e. approaching 1.0) electronically generated, so there's nothing to reverse engineer it to.
What you'd do it analyze the waveform and look at the envelope (attack, sustain, decay, release). Reproducing that would get you the sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer#ADSR_envelope
ok a few questions:Blibbler said:There are several components to this. To recreate it try the following:
Make a repeating sequence of a couple of dozen notes playing simple arpeggios at about 180 notes a minute.
1) Generate the basic tone by mixing a sawtooth wave with a PWM wave where the pulse width is set to vary slowly (about 2 LFO cycles per minute) between 25% and 50% duty cycle. Send this signal through a low pass filter with a cutoff of about 500 Hz and very little resonance. Set the amplitude envelope to have a slowish attack and release, with high sustain and a decay of abut the same as the attack (but the sustain is high so this doesn't make much of a difference). Set the envelope rate to scale with the keyboard to make the envelope faster for higher pitched sounds and slower for lower pitched sounds to give high frequency "tinkles" and lower frequency "whoops". Modulate the filter cutoff a little with the envelope.
2) Add a very little (very little) amount of very slow phase shift.
3) Add some reverb and maybe a little delay of about 350 ms.
4) Pass this through a 10 band EQ.
Tinker with it until it sounds like the sound on that page.
Sorry. That was cryptic.btb4198 said:what is (i.e. approaching 1.0) electronically generated?
Sound is generated when an object vibrates, creating changes in air pressure. These changes travel through the air as sound waves and are interpreted by the ear as sound.
The type of material an object is made of can greatly influence the sound it produces. For example, a metal object will create a different sound than a wooden object due to differences in their density and elasticity.
The shape of an object can also impact the sound it creates. A hollow object, like a drum, will produce a different sound than a solid object of the same material due to the resonance and amplification of sound within the hollow space.
Sound can be reverse engineered by analyzing the different components that make up the sound, such as pitch, frequency, and amplitude. By understanding how these elements work together, scientists can recreate and manipulate sound.
The human ear interprets sound through the vibrations of the eardrum, which then travel to the inner ear and are converted into electrical signals that are sent to the brain. The brain then interprets these signals as sound, allowing us to hear and understand the world around us.