Something to share that combines a few different models in a linked way.

Start with a wind model based on turbulence, objects in the path vary their signals according to wind speed and their size and texture.

http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/effect-wind3.mp3

And a rain model with carefully distributed droplets that make little clicks according to a range of textures they hit...

http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/effect-plainrain.mp3

Next is a window pane built around a square lamina with glass-like character Here's a few knocks on the virtual window with a virtual stick.

http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/effect-knockonwindow.mp3

and finally I combine them all in the same auditory scene with causal linkage, so the rain lashes against the window...

http://www.obiwannabe.co.uk/sounds/effect-rainywindow.mp3

(Total object count 80 operators)
Andy

nice window. add a bit of filter and reverb to that and you'd have a nice wooden clanky sound for techno.

The wind and window are very nice indeed. Reminds me of the winning entry of the 2007 kvr developer challenge. It's a set of 5 free plugins (birds, insects, wind, thunder and rain) by xoxos (http://www.xoxos.net).

How do you make models like this? What's your methodology? Is there some kind of standard way of doing things, or is there some reading I could do about this and how to apply it to Pd? (I'm not afraid to delve in.)

p.s. I am amazed

Jake

Hi myoozik

Thanks for the vote mate. Some tutorials are on my site.

I wish I could tell you the whole methodology in this post. Because that's not possibe I wrote a textbook on the subject of synthetic sound design. It will be here soon ... honestly

All the examples are in Pd

The real trick is factoring the models so you can run them in real time for virtual worlds/ video games. That's what procedural sound models are for, because it doesn't make much sense for ordinary (in advance) sound design.

In order to be objective I tried to hear the sounds by closing my eyes
and using headphones. The effect is very close to reality
(I felt like "where is my umbrella?" and get back my winter clothes I just put away! Brrr...).
Impressive!

Waiting for the synthetic sound design book.

Cheers,

AlbertoZ