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OftenBen · 3679 days ago · link · · parent · post: Blind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius violins from modern instruments
There was a discussion about this kind of thing all the way back in 1999. Neil Gershenfeld of the MIT Media lab constructed a digital cello for Yo-Yo Ma, allowing him to perform at his most masterful, while leaving the large, and expensive Stradivarius at home. Gershenfeld posits that we can model these kinds of instruments digitally, and then use inputs that are shaped like, feel like and respond like a 'Strad, to control the digital instrument.