New Materials / New Sounds. Art and science syncretism in musical instruments development using metamaterials
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Abstract:
The main goal of this work is to show the potential of a multidisciplinary research, in which art and science communicates syncretically around the application of a new type of materials, mechanical metamaterials, in the modification or creation of new musical instruments, displacing the frontiers of the acoustic qualities of existing materials and giving rise to new sound properties.
First, the concept of tunable mechanical metamaterial is introduced, materials whose structure allow the absorption of adjustable band frequencies under deformations. Subsequently, the mechanical-acoustic response of ordinary materials is shown, compared to that of mechanical metamaterials made with the same components, but endowed with structure. Then, the behavior of compressed mechanical metamaterials is exposed, showing the band gaps generation and shift. Finally, it is expose how the mechanical metamaterial behavior can be used in the modification of musical instruments, allowing new interactions player-instrument that expand their sound properties.
Keywords: Musical instruments, mechanical metamaterials, acoustic metamaterials, musical acoustics, sound, timbre.
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