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Experiments are described which use genetic algorithms operating on the parameter settings of an FM synthesizer, with the aim of mimicking known synthesized sounds. The work is considered as a precursor to the development of synthesis plug-ins using evolution directed by a user. Attention is focussed on the fitness functions used to drive the evolution: the main result is that a composite fitness function – based on a combination of perceptual measures, spectral analysis, and low-level sample-by-sample comparison – drives more successful evolution than fitness functions which use only one of these types of criterion.
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McDermott, J., Griffith, N.J.L., O’Neill, M. (2005). Toward User-Directed Evolution of Sound Synthesis Parameters. In: Rothlauf, F., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3449. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32003-6_52
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