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Diego Di Carlo  • Jorge Madrid Portillo
RTIP • SMC8 2016 • AAU • CPH
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ddicar16@student.aau.dk • jmadri15@student.aau.dk
OddString turns the guitar/bass into an hybrid instrument
Easily attachable to the instrument body
MIDI device with two modes of operation:
Triggered with piezo
Maps MIDI pitch-bend
Discrete scale
Continuous scale
Legato
Relative* / Absolute
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To enhance/expand expression
To improve/simplify traditional controllers
Do not force players to modify technique too much
Carlos Vamos AIR
Arduino Ribbon guitar
SENSUS Guitar
NIME MODEL
MINUET FRAMEWORK
Control
Mapping
Input
Feedback
ELECTRONICS
Teensy 3.2
Piezos
RGB led
Softpot
SOFTWARE
Full arduino/teensy implementation
Calibration of the softpot
Teensy is in charge of MIDI
Problems with piezos
and onset detection
Piezo onset detection
Easily attachable
Evaluate the interaction
Target musicians looking for new ideas
Reduce latency
Better algorithm, circular buffers
Packaging
Can work for players who want to extend
their musical possibilities
May not work for all genres
Players need training with the controls
to master this new device
Diego Di Carlo
Jorge Madrid Portillo
Aalborg University CPH 2016