what algorithm does Audacity uses for their pluck?

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what algorithm does Audacity uses for their pluck?

Post by btb4198 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:16 pm

What algorithm does Audacity uses for their pluck?
Also, what musical instrument is the Pluck from ?

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Re: what algorithm does Audacity uses for their pluck?

Post by steve » Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:36 pm

"Pluck" is synthesized in Nyquist (a programming language for audio). It is a Karplus-Strong plucked string oscillator.
You can view the Nuquist code by opening the file pluck.ny in a plain text editor (it is in your Audacity plug-ins folder).
The core of the Nyquist code is a command SND-PLUCK, which is described in the Nyquist manual here: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rbd/doc/nyquist/ ... l#index763
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