title: Active control and sound synthesis--two different ways to investigate the influence of the modal parameters of a guitar on its sound.
abstract: The vibrational behavior of musical instruments is usually studied using physical modeling and simulations. Recently, active control has proven its efficiency to experimentally modify the dynamical behavior of musical instruments. This approach could also be used as an experimental tool to systematically study fine physical phenomena. This paper proposes to use modal active control as an alternative to sound simulation to study the complex case of the coupling between classical guitar strings and soundboard. A comparison between modal active control and sound simulation investigates the advantages, the drawbacks, and the limits of these two approaches.
authors.affiliation: IRCAM, CNRS UMR 9912 STMS, 1 Place Igor Stravinsky, Paris 75004, France.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benacchio
authors.affiliation: IRCAM, CNRS UMR 9912 STMS, 1 Place Igor Stravinsky, Paris 75004, France.
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mamou-Mani
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7190, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, F-75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Baptiste
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chomette
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7190, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, F-75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Finel