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Here at the Engadget HQ we're very serious about articulating the
noise and action of a bow when it comes to our synthesized string
instruments, and the O-Bow looks like it could be the low cost
solution we were dreaming of. (No, Smule Magic Fiddle doesn't count,
it's a devil "instrument" and it lies). Hacker / musician Dylan
Menzies has devised a method using the optical sensor from a mouse for
tracking anything with a grained surface, like a wooden stick, and
using it to make a single sample synthesizer "sing" like a real bowed
instrument. Unfortunately, that single sample sounds pretty terrible
right now, but Dylan is working on a more sophisticated method of
modeling the instrument. Until then, we'll just have to resort to
giving Smule dirty looks and messing around with our Korg joystick.
There's a video after the break, but don't say we didn't warn you
about that sample.
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