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Abstract
The shamisen is a Japanese three-stringed lute. It is a chordophone that has the front of the body covered by a tensioned membrane which greatly contributes to the distinct sound of the instrument. Although the shamisen is a traditional Japanese instrument, it is a rare instrument in the rest of the world, making it mostly inaccessible by the majority of artists. To our knowledge, no physically modelled synthesizer of the shamisen is available, forcing producers and musicians to use samples. The objective of this paper is to make the shamisen’s distinct sound more accessible to digital music artists. The real-time implementation of the shamisen physical model is presented along with the derivation of solution using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods. The digital instrument sounds mostly as intended, though lacking the shamisen’s distinct buzzing sound requiring further development.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th Sound and Music Computing (SMC) Conference |
Editors | Davide Andrea Mauro, Simone Spagnol, Andrea Valle |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publisher | Sound and Music Computing Network |
Publication date | 8 Sept 2021 |
Pages | 100-107 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-88-945415-4-0 |
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Publication status | Published - 8 Sept 2021 |
Event | 18th Sound and Music Computing Conference - University of Turin (virtual), Turin, Italy Duration: 29 Jun 2021 → 1 Jul 2021 Conference number: 18 https://smc2021conference.org/ |
Conference
Conference | 18th Sound and Music Computing Conference |
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Number | 18 |
Location | University of Turin (virtual) |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Turin |
Period | 29/06/2021 → 01/07/2021 |
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Series | Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference |
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ISSN | 2518-3672 |
Keywords
- physical modelling
- shamisen
- finite difference
- real-time
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18th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2021
Silvin Willemsen (Participant)
29 Jun 2021 → 1 Jul 2021Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation