François GermainM.A. Music Technology (09/2009 - 08/2011)Supervisor: Prof. Philippe Depalle, Prof. Marcelo M. Wanderley Email: francois [dot] germain [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca Web: http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~francois Fax: +1 (514) 398-2962 Phone: +1 (514) 398-4535 ext. 094846 |
Master's Thesis: Nonlinear modelling of analog synthesizers' effects
Academic background
- Preparatory classes in Mathematics and Physics at Lycée Fermat, Toulouse, France (09/2004 - 07/2006)
- Diploma from the Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France) with Major in Communications, Signal Processing and Operational Research (09/2006 - 08/2009)
Conference poster
- F. Germain and G. Evangelista, “Synthesis of guitar by digital waveguides: Modeling the plectrum in the physical interaction of the player with the instrument,” in Proc. of the IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA-09), 2009, pp.25-28.
Research interests
- Instrument acoustics
- Sound Processing
Other interests
- Piano, Keyboard performance
- Sports: soccer, basketball
- Linguistics
Publications
In Proceedings
- François G. Germain, Jonathan S. Abel, Philippe Depalle and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Uniform Noise Sequences for Nonlinear System Identification". In Proceedings 15th International Conference of Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-12), 2012.
Master's Theses
- François G. Germain. "A Nonlinear Analysis Framework for Electronic Synthesizer Circuits". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2011.