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Considering Virtual & Physical Aspects in Acoustic Guitar Design

Amit Zoran, and Pattie Maes

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This paper presents a new approach for designing acoustic guitars, making use of the virtual environment. The physical connection between users and their instruments is preserved, while offering innovative sound design. This paper will discuss two projects, reAcoustic eGuitar, the concept of a digitally fabricated instrument to design acoustic sounds, and A Physical Resonator For a Virtual Guitar, a vision in which the guitar can also preserve the unique tune of an instrument made from wood.

Citation

Amit Zoran, and Pattie Maes. 2008. Considering Virtual & Physical Aspects in Acoustic Guitar Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177463 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry


@inproceedings{nime2008_Zoran,
author = {Zoran, Amit and Maes, Pattie},
title = {Considering Virtual & Physical Aspects in Acoustic Guitar Design},
pages = {67--70},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
year = {2008},
address = {Genoa, Italy},
issn = {2220-4806},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177463},
url = {https://nime.org/proceedings/2008/nime2008_067.pdf},
keywords = {nime08},
abstract = {This paper presents a new approach for designing acoustic guitars, making use of the virtual environment. The physical connection between users and their instruments is preserved, while offering innovative sound design. This paper will discuss two projects, reAcoustic eGuitar, the concept of a digitally fabricated instrument to design acoustic sounds, and A Physical Resonator For a Virtual Guitar, a vision in which the guitar can also preserve the unique tune of an instrument made from wood.}
}