Electric KOTO by vibrating body

Naoya Takahashi, Mitsuharu Matsumoto, Shuji Hashimoto

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

In these years, a Japanese string instrument called KOTO and high-volume instruments such as the electric bass and drams are often played together. In that case, the volume of the KOTO sound must be increased to a satisfactory level for balancing. However, when amplifying the volume of the KOTO sound, there are some problems such as the feedback, the cross-talk with other back ground sounds and the degradation of sound quality. The pickup device attached on the specific musical instrument is often employed to obtain only the sound without other instrumental sounds. The obtained timbre is, however, different from the one we hear at the usual listening position. In this paper, we propose an electric KOTO with built-in speaker to make the body resonance. By employing the real KOTO body as a physical sound filter, it is possible to amplify the sound volume without changing the timbre. We achieved 10dB amplification of the sound pressure level without the feedback, the cross-talk of other sounds, and the degradation of the sound quality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2007
PublisherInternational Computer Music Association
Pages359-362
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2007 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 2007 Aug 272007 Aug 31

Other

OtherInternational Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2007
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period07/8/2707/8/31

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Media Technology
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Music

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