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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Acoustic instruments"”.
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Perceptual synthesis engine : an audio-driven timbre generator
… engine which models and predicts the timbre of acoustic instruments based on perceptual features extracted from an audio stream is presented. The thesis describes the modeling sequence including the analysis of natural sounds, the inference step that finds the mapping between control and output …
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The Wanderer in the Depths of Dreams for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Two Percussionists, Piano, Classical Guitar, Violin, Cello, and Live Electronics
… complexity that cannot be imitated or copied by acoustic instruments. What I pay particular attention to during the composition process is the combination of electronic samples and traditional musical instruments, such that the recording samples serve as the background and foreshadow the …
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Alias States: Composing (for) Electronically Enhanced Set-ups
… historically has meant writing for the five instruments that make up that culturally defined ensemble configuration, and writing for the standard way in which those instruments are constructed and presented. This has changed within recent New Music. It has become commonplace for works to …
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Cymatic Revelations
… live ensemble that features both electronic and acoustic instruments.
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Exploring microtonal tunings: A kaleidoscope of extended just tunings and their compositional applications. (Volumes I and II)
… range from flexibly-pitched traditional instruments to specially-built acoustic instruments to computer programs. This work describes ways to begin working in microtonal music, theory of just intonation, finding and making appropriate tools for hearing tunings and creating compositions, …
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Hybrid percussion : extending physical instruments using sampled acoustics
… system architecture for creating hybrid digital-acoustic percussion instruments by combining extensions of existing signal processing techniques with specially-designed semi-acoustic physical controllers. This work aims to provide greater realism to digital percussion, gaining much of the …
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Exertion instruments
… and reasoning behind a family of musical instruments called Exertion Instruments. They use inline electrical generators to run a synthesizer and an amplifier while eliminating the need for batteries. Efficient acoustic design minimizes the power requirements while optimized generator and …
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VocalCords: Exploring Tactile Interaction and Performance with the Singing Voice
… role in expressive musical performance. Many acoustic instruments, ranging from strings to brass to percussion, involve some coupling of the “feel” of the instrument in the hands and the corresponding sound produced. The singing voice, however, is one of few musical instruments that typically …
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Probabilistic characterization and synthesis of complex driven systems
… this thesis introduces data-driven modeling of acoustic instruments, a novel technique for audio synthesis. CWM is applied along with new sensor technology and various audio representations to estimate models of violin-family instruments. The approach is demonstrated by synthesizing highly …
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Uncertainty analysis of acoustic flow measuring instruments for characterization of high energetic river flow
… and turbulence measurement uncertainty using acoustic methods in highly energetic river flows are quantified by performing measurements to isolate specific error terms, and by applying analytical methods and statistical analysis to recorded data. A MATLAB code is developed for motion …
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Playing With Pianos: Print Media, Mechanization, Gender, and Change in Victorian America
… for such familiar commodities as sheet music and acoustic instruments. These ads, the messaging they contain, and their placement within particular print publications offer a window into the changing face of music commodities in an increasingly mechanized America. Within this time of transition, I …
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Automatic generation of sound synthesis techniques
… capable of generating sounds similar to those of acoustic instruments and even totally novel sounds. The design of SSTs is a very hard problem. It is usually assumed that it requires human ingenuity to design an algorithm suitable for synthesizing a sound with certain characteristics. Many of the …
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Nonlinear Dynamics In Musical Interactions
… physical world. They lie at the core of many acoustic instruments, playing a particularly significant role in bowed and blown instruments. Two major studies are presented that approach these issues from different perspectives. Firstly a set of comparative studies explore the ways in which …
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A Comparison of Bluegrass Bands: 2013 Bands Versus the 1940s-1960s Bands
… are made up of 4 to 7 male musicians playing acoustic stringed instruments." 4. "Instruments function in three well defined roles and each changes roles according to predictable patterns." 5. "Bluegrass is the only string band style which uses a banjo in a major solo role."1 Subjects for the …
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Hybrid re Assembage : bridging traditional craft and digital design
… Chameleon Guitar exploits a selection of acoustic properties via a set of replaceable resonators and by a simulated shape, merging real-wood acoustic qualities with a simulated guitar body. It marries digital freedom with the uniqueness of acoustic instruments, and demonstrates a hybrid …
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Compressible Flow Characterization Using Non-Intrusive Acoustic Measurements
Non-intrusive acoustic instruments that measure fluid velocity and temperature have been restricted to low subsonic Mach number applications due to increased complexities associated with acoustic refraction, low signal-to-noise ratios, and a limited range of practical applications. In the current …
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A PORTFOLIO OF THREE COMPOSITIONS AND TWO ESSAYS
… masks. The piece explores spatial and acoustic performance practices in indoor spaces, reflecting my interest in coding, wearable technologies/instruments, trial-and- error instrument hacking, hands-on aesthetics, and feedback. The masks enable practitioners to aurally perceive space, …
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Música Tejana and the Transition from Traditional to Modern: Manuel “Cowboy” Donley and the Austin Music Scene
… Texas-Mexican artists rely on electric instruments. Previous to the integration of amplification, Música Tejana, or Texas-Mexican music rooted in la canción mexicana, used acoustic instruments. The first Música Tejana ensembles to “go electric” originated a new music scene and …
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Music in Site: Integrating elements of site-specificity into composition
Architectural spaces and their acoustic characteristics offer unique musical material for the compositional process. Acoustic and physical design features of unorthodox performance spaces can become part of works and their performances. This thesis examines ways to integrate acoustic …