In this paper we describe the digital emulation of a optical photosonic instrument. First we briefly describe the optical instrument which is the basis of this emulation. Then we give a musical description of the instrument implementation and its musical use and we conclude with the "duo" possibility of such an emulation.

A new method is introduced for encapsulating the properties of a musical instrument for synthesis that is realistic both in terms of sound quality and responsiveness. Sound quality is achieved using analysissynthesis techniques for capturing and reproducing the sounds of an instrument from actual recordings. The concept of the Musical Instrument Character Map (MICMap) is introduced as the basis...

This is a report of research project about developing musical instruments for interactive computer music. The project's name "GHI project" means that "It might be interesting that musical instrument shines, isn't it?" in Japanese. I examined the essences of instruments in my composition again on proverb "Taking a lesson from the past." First of all, I examined the relation between the performer...

This paper introduces the concept of Kugelschwung, a digital musical instrument centrally based around the use of pendulums and lasers to create unique and highly interactive electronic ambient soundscapes. Here, we explore the underlying design and physical construction of the instrument, as well as its implementation and feasibility as an instrument in the real world. To conclude, we outline ...

This publication addresses the generation of a musical score of percussive un-pitched instruments. A musical event is defined as the occurrence of a sound of a musical instrument. The presented method is restricted to events of percussive instruments without determinate pitch. Events are detected in the audio signal and classified into instrument classes, the temporal positions of the events ar...

This paper presents computer experiments concerning the decentralized pianola, a hypothetical mechanical music instrument, whose large-scale musical behavior is the result of local physical interactions between simple elements. Traditional mechanical music instruments like the pianola and the music box rely for their operation on the separation between a sequential memory unit and an execution ...

Increasing evidence supports that playing a musical instrument may benefit cognitive development and health at young ages. Whether playing an instrument provides protection against dementia has not been established. In a population-based cotwin control study, we examined the association between playing a musical instrument and whether or not the twins developed dementia or cognitive impairment....

A haptic musical instrument is an electronic musical instrument that provides the musician not only with audio feedback but also with force feedback. By programming feedback controllers to emulate the laws of physics, many haptic musical instruments have been previously designed that mimic real acoustic musical instruments. The controller programs have been implemented using finite difference a...

We motivate and discuss the design of a physically intuitive haptic drumstick. A new musical instrument is physically intuitive if the physics of haptic interaction are similar to those supported by a traditional musical instrument. We suggest that physically intuitive new musical instruments may help performers transfer motor skills from familiar, traditional musical instruments. Both actively...

Sound produced by Musical instruments with definite pitch consists of the Harmonic Series and the nonharmonic Residual. It is common to treat the Harmonic Series as the main characteristic of the timbre of pitched musical instruments. But does the Harmonic Series indeed contain the complete information required for discriminating among different musical instruments? Could the non-harmonic Resid...