The Bistable Resonator Cymbal: An Actuated Acoustic Instrument Displaying Physical Audio Effects

Andrew Piepenbrink, and Matthew Wright

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

We present the Bistable Resonator Cymbal, a type of actuated acoustic instrument which augments a conventional cymbal with feedback-induced resonance. The system largely employs standard, commercially-available sound reinforcement and signal processing hardware and software, and no permanent modifications to the cymbal are needed. Several types of cymbals may be used, each capable of producing a number of physical audio effects. Cymbal acoustics, implementation, stability issues, interaction behavior, and sonic results are discussed.

Citation

Andrew Piepenbrink, and Matthew Wright. 2015. The Bistable Resonator Cymbal: An Actuated Acoustic Instrument Displaying Physical Audio Effects. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179154

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{apiepenbrink2015,
 abstract = {We present the Bistable Resonator Cymbal, a type of actuated acoustic instrument which augments a conventional cymbal with feedback-induced resonance. The system largely employs standard, commercially-available sound reinforcement and signal processing hardware and software, and no permanent modifications to the cymbal are needed. Several types of cymbals may be used, each capable of producing a number of physical audio effects. Cymbal acoustics, implementation, stability issues, interaction behavior, and sonic results are discussed.},
 address = {Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA},
 author = {Andrew Piepenbrink and Matthew Wright},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179154},
 editor = {Edgar Berdahl and Jesse Allison},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 pages = {227--230},
 publisher = {Louisiana State University},
 title = {The Bistable Resonator Cymbal: An Actuated Acoustic Instrument Displaying Physical Audio Effects},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/nime2015_245.pdf},
 urlsuppl1 = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/245/0245-file1.mov},
 urlsuppl2 = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/245/0245-file2.zip},
 year = {2015}
}