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Cool story. Good engine/exhaust sounds can make even an otherwise boring car exciting (no disrespect meant towards the New Beetle)! ~Tim > [Original Message] > From: Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill <rs@moinlabs.de> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Date: 2/27/2005 6:32:46 AM > Subject: AW: the music of the Otto Cycle Re: Who out there has the knowledge to design/build this looper? > > I remember this project done by Volkswagen during the development of the > New Beetle. They would invite people (VW customers without any > professional automotive background). They had two cars: one normal car, > one where the audio system would generate cool engine/exhaust sounds > based on engine variables - which they didn't tell their guests. Then > they asked the guys to compare both cars with regards to performance and > handling. > > You all can guess the result: most people judged that the car with the > audio system had better performance and handling ;) > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Timothy Mungenast [mailto:mungenast@earthlink.net] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. Februar 2005 02:57 > An: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Betreff: the music of the Otto Cycle Re: Who out there has the knowledge > to design/build this looper? > > > As a car freak *and* a musician, I feel that car exhaust can be just as > harmonically complex as a more traditional instrument. When Mazda was > developing the first-gen Miata, they had a guy listening day-in/day-out > to tapes of classic sports cars, trying to understand the desired > overtones so that his cowokers could then approximate them. They had > that much respect for the sound. > > I, for one, am impressed. > > In fact, a few years ago I saw one of the classic cars they had been > studying so feverishly, an Austin Healey, blasting down Rte 128, and I > rolled down my window to hear the music. It sounded like the wonderful > 15th-fret harmonic chord that Robbie Krieger used to start the Doors' > "L.A. Woman." Unbelievable. > > Yours in Sound, > Tim Mungenast > www.mungenast.com > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com> > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > > Date: 2/26/2005 2:05:52 PM > > Subject: Re: Who out there has the knowledge to design/build this > > looper? > > > > At 10:03 AM +0100 2/26/05, Chuck Scholtz wrote: > > > > >Two things we want everyone to know. > > > > > >First, we researched the existing availability of products as well > > >as doing a patent search, but we couldn't locate an existing patent > > >for the project that we have envisioned. > > > > >Second, the "music" in an exhaust system is much less complex than > > >in actual musical instruments, accordingly our quality expectations > > >and specifications are minimal for our product application. Due to > > >the higher costs and skills required in using a Physical Modeling > > >(PM) approach, we are looking to handle this project with a less > > >expensive FM Wavetable synthesis strategy. > > > > It may well be that products based on the technology I mentioned have > > not yet hit market, but as of 2000 the physical modeling techniques > > for car engine simulation were functional and ready for licensing. > > The company has since been acquired by a major chip manufacturer, and > > I expect that car engines are low on their priority list. > > -- > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Richard Zvonar, PhD > > (818) 788-2202 > > http://www.zvonar.com > > http://salamandersongs.com > > http://ill-wind.com > > > > >