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 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry


@inproceedings{nime2015_apiepenbrink,
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}
}