1. A method for sound synthesis using estimated material parameters, the method comprising: at a computing platform including a memory and a processor: estimating, by the processor and based on a recorded audio sample of an impact on a physical object, one or more material parameters of the physical object for use in synthesizing a sound associated with a virtual object having material properties similar to the physical object; storing the one or more material parameters in the memory; and using the estimated material parameters to generate a synthesized sound for the virtual object.