Digital Musical Instrument Design: The Art of Compromise

Rossum D. Digital Musical Instrument Design: The Art of Compromise. In: AES Conference: 5th International Conference: Music and Digital Technology. Audio Engineering Society; 1987. Paper 5-003. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=4673

@inproceedings{Rossum1987_4673,
  author = {Rossum, Dave},
  title = {{Digital Musical Instrument Design: The Art of Compromise}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 5th International Conference: Music and Digital Technology},
  note = {Paper 5-003},
  year = {1987},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=4673}
}

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AB  - Despite tremendous increases in computational power per dollar, most classical signal processing algorithms still require more calculation that is practical to allow their implementation in a commercial realtime multichannel instrument. Hence the goal of the electronic musical instrument designer moves beyond the selection of a known algorithm to finding tradeoffs which will only marginally detract from audio quality while allowing cost effective implementation.: Analysis of existing products shows both successes and failures in this task. This in turn indicates what approach to take in considering the future of commercial electronic musical instrument design.
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