Yes, this is what I was thinking, but the piezo does not produce
enough energy to get the strings going. Hence the nasal quality and
lack of low-end in the mp3 sample. I will continue the experiment.
--- In motm@y..., sasami@h... wrote:
>
> Go play a piano with the sustain pedal depressed. It's essentially
the same
> thing. Not only to the struck strings sustain, but the rest of the
undamped
> strings also resonate. In fact, a patent was filed for a reverb
system based
> on this. I remember reading about the patent just after I'd come up
with the
> idea myself, probably in the early '80s.
>
> CGS
>
> >And to expand on this idea a little further: I plan to tune the
> >strings on the guitar to an open tuning (say, Open D) and then
play a
> >sequence in the same key through the thing. I think the acoustic
> >drone of the strings will add (if I can believe what I'm hearing
in my
> >head) and incredibly interesting background. I just hope the
strings
> >don't overwhelm the sound from the synth, but we'll see...
> >
> >Mike
>
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