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Stringless Violin to Bring Soul to MIDI Music

Posted by michael on from the i-guess-that's-why-they-call-it-the-blues dept.

lperdue writes "Musicians complain that MIDI may be easy, but the results can be more than a bit cold and soul-less. This story from New Scientist says that Stanford Professor Charles Nichols believes his violin, sans strings will put the emotions back into MIDI music."

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  1. DUPE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This was covered here

  2. Re:DUPE (not) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read the stories. This story is about a professional musician who is developing a midi violin with no strings. The previous story is an Ask Slashdot from a student who is designing an electronic harp with no strings and who needs advice on the electronics.

    OT - Just noticed on Preview that the posting date of this comment is appearing as yesterday. I wonder if that will carry through when posted on the site?