MOTM

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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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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> Ken Stone   sasami@h...  
> Modular Synth PCBs for sale <http://www.blaze.net.au/~sasami/synth/>
> Australian Miniature Horses & Ponies 
<http://www.blaze.net.au/~sasami/>

The nature of a piezo will not let it produce enough energy.  I think you
need something with a coil in it.
Larry H (who "finally" understands where this was headed).

BTW, along those lines. I ran into a guy once who has brass trumpets for his
horn drivers.  This was back in the early digital days before good sampling.
He used them to play his brass patches through these.  Even though they were
only DX-7 brass patches, they sounded so realistic because the horn
contributed so much to the sound.

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Marsh <mmarsh@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:52 AM
Subject: [motm] Re: Digest Number 1490



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.