Sound examples of an Impulse Pattern Formulation model synchronizing to different click tracks

Abstract

In the publication, supplemented by these sound examples, the Impulse Pattern Formulation is used to model the synchronization of musicians to a collective tempo. Several click tracks are numerically created, representing eighth notes played by a musician or a metronome for different tempo changes. By replacing every beat with a sound sample, audio files are created for a more musical evaluation of the results. The IPF is represented by a cowbell and the underlying click track with claves. Those sound files are in stereo, whereby the click track is at the left channel, and the IPF's signal is at the right channel. Thus, e.g., the balance potentiometer of a stereo system can be used to blend both sounds freely.

A more in-depth description of how these sounds were synthesized can be found in the publication supplemented by these examples:

Linke, S., Bader, R., & Mores, R. (2021). Modeling synchronization in human musical rhythms using Impulse Pattern Formulation (IPF). http://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.03218v1.