The emvibe: An electromagnetically actuated vibraphone

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Britt, N Cameron ^a   Snyder, Jeff ^a   McPherson, Andrew ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented instrument; Electromagnetic actuation; Vibraphone

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROMAGNETS; MUSIC; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACOUSTICS PROPERTY; AUGMENTED INSTRUMENT; CONTINUOUS CONTROL; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS; LOW-COSTS; SIMPLE++; SPECTRA'S; SYSTEM USE; VIBRAPHONE;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 85031806733     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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