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I posted the following to the AH list, but nobody actually tried it and
responded back. Now that there is a similar thread going on here, I'll try
it on this list. This has to do with using the sound of a body of an
acoustic instrument with an electronic sound.

I have been wanting to try something for many years but maybe somebody else
can who has a Cello or Violin and then can tell us whether the results are
any good. I have wanted to attach a powered speaker to the body of Cello for
instance, and run a synthesized string sound into it. The Cello would act as
a resonating speaker cabinet and produce the woody sound of a Cello. The
Cello would then be mic'd and its sound could be mixed back in with the
original synthetic string sound in any percentage (or perhaps only the mic'd
sound would suffice). I realize cutting out a hole in an instrument may not
be something you want to do, but perhaps just taping a small speaker face
down where the bridge normally sits would be enough to see whether this
theory is useful for creating more realistic string sounds.

-Elhardt