Federico VisiAbout time for a proper #introduction : I’m a musician and researcher in musical interactions, post-digital instrument design, networked music performance, and interactive machine learning. I designed an instrument called the Sophtar (see video) and I am currently at the Intelligent Instrument Lab in Iceland https://youtu.be/Ee8vI8oFm9o?feature=shared #academia #academicchatter #nime #dmi #iml #ml
I also work at Luleå University of Technology where I am doing research on #hyperogans and Berlin University of the Arts where I am part of the #wearablecomputing group. Normally based in Berlin, currently in Reykjavik. I’m *slowly* getting back into the good habit of updating my website with current projects and publications https://www.federicovisi.com
Ulrike Hahn@federicovisi Federico, I just looked at the video-what a cool instrument! Can I ask a question about pitch? It’s fretted but I’m guessing it doesn’t just electrically amplify an acoustic signal, but digitally creates the sound, so (assuming that guess is correct) could it, in principle, sound different tunings (equal temperament, just intonation …)?
@UlrikeHahn Hi Ulrike thanks for your interest! It does electrically amplify the sounds of the strings in separate audio channels for each string. However, one can use internal DSP to process each string individually and possibly affect the tuning of each string individually. I use it for other purposes though, mostly timbre transfer. The fretboard is removable, I am planning to build a new one with movable frets next year, which would allow different tunings. More here: https://www.federicovisi.com/wp-content/uploads/visi-sophtar-nime-2024-V3-cr-opt-links.pdf
@federicovisi thanks for the explanation! very cool!