Extraction of ground reaction forces for real-time synthesis of walking sounds

Stefania Serafin; Luca Turchet; Rolf Nordahl

Extraction of ground reaction forces for real-time synthesis of walking sounds

Stefania Serafin, Luca Turchet, Rolf Nordahl

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Abstract

A shoe-independent system to synthesize real-time footstep sounds on different materials has been
developed. A footstep sound is considered as the result of an interaction between an exciter (the shoe) and a
resonator (the floor). To achieve our goal, we propose two different solutions. The first solution is based on
contact microphones attached on the exterior part of each shoe, which capture the sound of a footstep. The
second approach consists on using microphones placed on the floor. In both situations, the captured sound is
analysed and used to control a sound synthesis engine. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of the two
approaches.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2009 Audio Mostly Conference
Editors	David Moffat
Number of pages	7
Volume	1
Publisher	Glasgow Caledonian University
Publication date	2009
Pages	99-105
ISBN (Print)	978-3-00-022823-0
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Audio Mostly - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Aug 2009 → 3 Aug 2009

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Conference	Audio Mostly
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	02/08/2009 → 03/08/2009

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Sound Synthesis
Walking
Walking interfaces

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Extraction of ground reaction forces for real-time synthesis of walking sounds. / Serafin, Stefania; Turchet, Luca; Nordahl, Rolf.
Proceedings of the 2009 Audio Mostly Conference. ed. / David Moffat. Vol. 1 Glasgow Caledonian University, 2009. p. 99-105.

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