Efficient synthesis of tension modulation in strings and membranes based on energy estimation.

@article{Avanzini2012EfficientSO,
  title={Efficient synthesis of tension modulation in strings and membranes based on energy estimation.},
  author={Federico Avanzini and Riccardo Marogna and Bal{\'a}zs Bank},
  journal={The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
  year={2012},
  volume={131 1},
  pages={
          897-906
        }
}
String and membrane vibrations cannot be considered as linear above a certain amplitude due to the variation in string or membrane tension. A relevant special case is when the tension is spatially constant and varies in time only in dependence of the overall string length or membrane surface. The most apparent perceptual effect of this tension modulation phenomenon is the exponential decay of pitch in time. Pitch glides due to tension modulation are an important timbral characteristic of… 
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