10.5281/zenodo.1176451
Oboe, Roberto
Roberto
Oboe
De Poli, Giovanni
Giovanni
De Poli
Multi-Instrument Virtual Keyboard -- The Mikey Project
Zenodo
2002
2002-06-01
Conference paper
https://zenodo.org/record/1176452
10.5281/zenodo.1176452
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Open Access
The design of a virtual keyboard, capable of reproducing the tactile feedback of several musical instruments is reported. The key is driven by a direct drive motor, which allows friction free operations. The force to be generated by the motor is calculated in real time by a dynamic simulator, which contains the model of mechanisms' components and constraints. Each model is tuned on the basis of measurements performed on the real system. So far, grand piano action, harpsichord and Hammond organ have been implemented successfully on the system presented here.