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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

"ALGORITHMS: MIT's guitar combines DSP with interchangeable sound"


Guitarists revel in the diverse acoustic resonances emanating from instruments made from different types of wood. As a result, most guitarists own a variety of guitars. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have combined digital signal processing with a removable sound board, enabling the Chameleon guitar to change its sonic characteristics by changing the type of wood used for the sound board. The design also retains the same guitar body, neck and frets.
Text: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213402573
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