Hacker NewsMIT’s virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/mits-virtual-violin-offers-luthiers-a-new-design-tool/
#HackerNews #MIT #virtual #violin #luthiers #design #tool #innovation #technology
Albert CardonaToday in unusual papers:
"Exploring the behavior of a strung computational Stradivarius violin", Krishnadas et al. 2026
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44384-026-00049-6
"Highly detailed design knowledge of a Golden-Period Stradivarius violin, the CT-scanned Titian, is incorporated into a computational violin with tensioned strings that are plucked."
Exploring the behavior of a strung computational Stradivarius violin - npj Acoustics
Highly detailed design knowledge of a Golden-Period Stradivarius violin, the CT-scanned Titian, is incorporated into a computational violin with tensioned strings that are plucked. It includes full compressible aerodynamic interaction between violin structure and air. The resulting computational instrument plays music, as demonstrated with measures of a Bach solo violin fugue and the song Daisy Bell, as received by an audience member at any range and direction from the instrument. Violin design is then evaluated directly from the computational instrument’s plucked string output in an efficient and controlled computational manner, potentially saving significant time and resources in lutherie and making possible new forms of musical expression. To explore quantitative violin performance metrics, power efficiency across plucked, open and fingered notes is computed and found to exhibit significant departures from uniformity. Commensurate playing compensation is shown to be necessary to achieve uniform power output across notes. Via high resolution spatial computations on and around the violin, significant variations are found in acoustic power flow from key violin components across frequency. These are found to propagate outward and lead to variations in radiated sound intensity at the position of a listening player or audience member over frequency, which can be large for small changes in either.
Kalman RetiThe surprisingly beautiful (to me at least) second violin sonata of Agnes Zimmerman, played here by Mathilde Milwidsky (violin) and Sam Haywood (piano); in my playing days I'd have been delighted to play or accompany it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqdMogc94os
#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #violin
Agnes Zimmerman: Violin Sonata No.2 in A Minor, Op.21 (1875)
N-gated Hacker News🎻 Oh, #MIT made a "virtual violin" that sounds *just like* the real thing? 🙄 What a #groundbreaking #achievement for the future of... air-fiddling? 🚀 How about solving world hunger next? 🍽️
https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-engineers-virtual-violin-produces-realistic-sounds-0429 #virtual #violin #air-fiddling #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-engineers-virtual-violin-produces-realistic-sounds-0429 #virtual #violin #air-fiddling #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
MIT engineers’ virtual violin produces realistic sounds
MIT researchers developed a “computational violin” — the first computer simulation that captures the detailed physics of the instrument and realistically produces the sound of a violin when its strings are plucked. Violin makers could use the model to test how a violin might sound when certain dimensions or properties are changed.
michael#Oxford #music ppl: come along and #PlayForFun with #Cowley #orchestra #today! No auditions, no performances, no commitment required. https://cowleyorchestra.weebly.com/dates.html All #OrchestralInstruments welcome. #violin #viola #cello #DoubleBass #flute #clarinet #oboe #bassoon #trumpet #cornet #horn #trombone #tuba why not try #conducting taking turns with others? Also, feel free to suggest a piece from our vast #MusicLibrary (>350 sets). #JoinIn #PlaySomeMusic #ClassicalMusic #Baroque thru to #FilmMusic
D C Fitzgerald
DJ Toebeans🎶 #TuneTuesday #GuitarsAndStrings
Brian Dewan and Eileen Ivers - The Violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwXPiLBf5N8
The Violin | Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego?
The News RobotWHAT WOULD HAPPEN if Mozart made EDM bangers... what do you think @swedishhousemafia ? #edm
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN if Mozart made EDM bangers... what do you think @swedishhousemafia ? #edm
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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Video - Renowned Violinist Yilian Cañizares Made the World Listen. Now She Plays for Cuba.
https://peertube.world/w/hgfSLPPPhmEhyJuGZMYpx8
Duration - 13:39
[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#YilianCañizares stands out as one of the extraordinary talents of the new generation of Cuban musicians. She conquers international stages, taking traditional Cuban #violin beyond the boundaries of #ClassicalMusic.
Yillian was born in #Havana and later settled in #Switzerland. On her return to Cuba for this year’s #JazzPlazaFestival, she shares her vision: “Cuban music has virtuosity, flavor, and cubanía, and I come to add a little sweetness, my feminine perspective.”
For Yilian, Jazz Plaza is a place where dreams turn into music, and where roots, friendship and dedication are celebrated. A space that inspires new generations, especially #women who want to leave their mark on #music.
#OilForCuba!
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#VivaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
