Further developments in the electromagnetically sustained rhodes piano

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shear, Greg ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Feedback; Mechanical synthesizer; Piano; Rhodes; Sustain

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MUSIC; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GENERATING MECHANISM; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL SYNTHESIZER; PIANO; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RHODE; SUSTAIN;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 84904981898     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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