Sim1::arco (2007) modified violin/viola bow || vjmanzo.com/cv

sim1 is an interactive music system that allows a soloist to harmonize what is being played with any quality of chord that is desired. On a specially made bow are four buttons. As the performer plays, the instrument's pitch is tracked. The tracked pitch is the root of what is to become the harmonized chord. Each of the four buttons trigger the harmonized chord to be sounded with one of the four chord qualities: major, minor, augmented or diminished.
In sustain mode, a chord will begin when a button is pressed while playing the pitch intended to be harmonized. The chord will sustain until a new chord is harmonized. With sustain mode off, the chord will sustain as long as the button is held down and will release when the button is released.
A footswitch allows for a number of parameters to be changed. Pressing the first button turns sustain mode on or off. Pressing the 2nd 3rd or 4th button switches the inversion of the harmonized chord to root position, 1st inversion or second inversion. The two volume pedals control the overall output level of the instrument (1) and the accompaniment (2).
The graphical interface allows the performer to see all of the available parameters and their current values. This system was commissioned for the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Chamber Music Institute (CMI) 2008 conference.



by V.J. Manzo
http://www.vjmanzo.com/cv

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