Considering virtual & physical aspects in acoustic guitar design

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 67-70

  Zoran, Amit ^a   Maes, Pattie ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Acoustic; Expressivity; Rapid prototype; Resonator; Sound processing; Uniqueness of tune; Virtual

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; MUSIC; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3-D PRINTING; 3D-PRINTING; ACOUSTIC GUITAR; EXPRESSIVITY; NEW APPROACHES; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; RAPID PROTOTYPE; SOUND PROCESSING; UNIQUENESS OF TUNE; VIRTUAL;

RESONATORS;

EID: 84858802591     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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