Abstract
Synth-A-Modeler (SaM) is an open-source environment for developing audio-haptic interactions. It is based on the paradigm that a user develops a virtual model by interconnecting virtual objects and adjusting their parameters. The SaM Designer has been created to help assist users in automatically visualizing virtual models and in graphically editing them. Certain tasks, such as modifying the parameters for a group of objects, can be completed much faster in the Designer than by using a text editor. The SaM Designer was able to automatically visualize 72 test models using an example set of visualization parameters. With these tools, new virtual models such as a “waveguide drum” can be discovered, potentially facilitating the creation of novel audio-haptic interactions.
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In fact, it is possible to use the same virtual musical instruments even without haptic devices, as long as an appropriate software interface providing input signals is implemented.
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In fact, it is hypothesized that the model implementation is essentially a special case of the 4\(\,\times \,\)4 feedback delay network reverberator [21], subject to restrictions such as Newton’s third law.
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Berdahl, E., Vasil, P., Pfalz, A. (2016). Automatic Visualization and Graphical Editing of Virtual Modeling Networks for the Open-Source Synth-A-Modeler Compiler. In: Bello, F., Kajimoto, H., Visell, Y. (eds) Haptics: Perception, Devices, Control, and Applications. EuroHaptics 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9775. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42324-1_48
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