augmented guitar: adding expressioncontroller characteristics to the guitar pick
DESCRIPTION
The way we play the electric guitar hasn't changed much since it's invention. This slides summarize the design thinking process that I went through into analyzing this skill, and prototyping a new interface for the electric guitar.TRANSCRIPT
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April 16h, 2013
AUGMENTINGthe expression of a plucked string electric instrumentSergio Majluf
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WHAT AM I DOING?
I’m exploring the movements and patterns emerging from guitar playing,
addressing those findings by measuring and/or capturing the expressions as a
new way of interfacing the player witha musical instrument.
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WHAT AM I DOING?
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WHY?
As technology advances, stringed instruments – electric guitars – have
stayed mostly unmodified for as long as 85 years.
However, there is technology elsewhere in the signal path.
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WHY?
There is technology in the signal processing, modeling, amplifying,
even synthesis...
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WHY
... but there’s not much technology in playing or performing.
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WHAT IF, THEN?
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ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS
ABSTRACT
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