Music & Engineering
In the era of IT the interface between performing arts and science is thinner and thinner - and music does not make exception. Countless projects are strenghtening collaborations between artists, musicologists, engineers, IT & web developers, psycologists, academic institutions, industry...
Projects
Piezoelectric Contact Microphone
Simple instructions to make a cheap and sensitive contact microphone.
Docs & Bibliography
The Physics of music and musical instruments - a book by D.R.Lapp
Music Acoustics by South Wales University
Piano Modelling by Juliette Chabassier, Ph.D.
Five lectures on piano acoustics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Links & Resources
I-Simpa - 3D sound propagation FEM by IFSTTAR. Download
PureData - real time data flow interface for multimedial objects
LMMS - digital audio workstation
Muse Score - music composition & notation software
Audacity - audio software for multi-track recording and editing
Looperman - free audio samples & loops in wav format
AP Tuner - chromatic tuner for PC
Ultima Sound II - real time audio signal analysis software
REW - room acoustic software
Acoustic calculators - room modes, 2D raytracing analysis, absorption models