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QRS "Virtuoso Violin" Player Violin
By Jim Neher

We are indebted to those making the video of the violin that they
provide many close-up segments of violin playing.  Examined carefully,
they reveal the challenge of synchronizing the bow action with the
oscillator action.  Occasionally the instrument makes a scratchy sound
with very little resonance, and at other times you get a glimpse of
the pure sine wave.

Since you can't "record and play back" actual human violin playing,
this just goes to illustrate the massive effort required to mimic in
a machine what is natural to a human.  The same problem faced both
the Mills company, and the reproducing piano makers who edited the
performances to fit the quirks of their playback systems.

Jim Neher


(Message sent Wed 13 Sep 2006, 11:02:29 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Player, QRS, Violin, Virtuoso

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