3D virtual reconstruction and sound simulation of old musical instruments

Title

3D virtual reconstruction and sound simulation of old musical instruments

Creator(s)

Rodà, Antonio

De Poli, Giovanni

Canazza, Sergio

Sun, Zezhou

Whiting, Emily

Date

2021

Is Part Of

Archeologia e Calcolatori

Volume

32

Issue

1

Pages

359-374

Language

eng

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.32.1.2021.20

URI

https://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/articles/1144

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/5YCSP5CZ/item-list

Abstract

Digital technologies and 3D models, nowadays largely used to document archaeological remains and to obtain hypothetical reconstructions when these remains are more or less heavily damaged, can also be powerful tools to simulate and render the acoustic response of an environment, such as the interior of a building, or an artifact, such as sounding objects or musical instruments. This work addresses the cases of three musical instruments of the past – namely a Pan flute, a brass instrument, and an electrophone instrument – coming from different periods and in different states of preservation, which voices can now be heard thanks to as many multidisciplinary projects. Possible approaches to the simulation of the sounds that these instruments could generate are discussed in relation to different aims and contexts.