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Re:Yamaha YZ250 Dirt Bike sound effects library by soundwave106 on Thursday April 06, 2017 @01:40PM (#14052722)
Physical modeling / waveguides / etc. might be one way to go here.

As an example: Andy Farnell's "Designing Sound" (https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/designing-sound) describes some physical modeling techniques for engines. (The model is referenced in this paper: http://www.academia.edu/14107512/Physically_informed_car_eng... which tries to improve on the model and also might contain some additional ideas).

I took a listen at the engine sample from Andy's PureData code page (http://aspress.co.uk/sd/practical22.html). The second half (where the engine was revving and accelerating) sounded pretty good to me! It might need some combination with samples, though, the idling portion kind of sounded off...

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Re:Yamaha YZ250 Dirt Bike sound effects library by kmnt on Thursday April 06, 2017 @02:31PM (#14053205)
This is really cool, modeling the process instead of relying on samples is a really appealing solution. The first engine sounded like atari pole position to me but the second 4 stroke model is pretty amazing. I guess the added complexity makes the engine sound more appealing.
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