moForte

This is how we work!

gps — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:28:41 +0000

We’ve been cranking on shaking things out for a few weeks now.

Nick works from New York and I work from Mountain View. I’m sometimes asked by friends how this works. We spend a great deal of time on Skype sharing our desktops. Here is a screen shot of us debugging today!

moForte Presentation at the AES San Francisco Chapter meeting (4/18/2013)

gps — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:34:26 +0000

We did a presentation at the AES San Francisco Chapter meeting (4/18/2013). What a great meeting. It was a chance to talk about the past 50 years of a fascinating topic, reconnect with some old friends and answer some really good questions. Here is the deck from the talk (click on the image below) -pat

Lecture by Julius on Physical Modeling

gps — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:17:24 +0000

We are preparing for the AES meeting.

When we demo the moForte Guitar, we are often asked about the technology behind how it works. Here is a lecture that Julius did for the CIRMMT Distinguished Lectures in the Science and Technology of Music. It has a great overview of the history of the technology.

Julius Smith – Sound synthesis based on physical models

moForte talk at AES-SF on 4/18!

gps — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:30:27 +0000

moForte will be giving a talk for the AES San Francisco section on Thursday April 18! The talk with be at CCRMA at 7:00pm. Here is the abstract. The AES announcement is at the bottom.

Current State of Physically Modeled Musical Instruments on Handheld Mobile Devices.

Pat Scandalis (CTO, acting CEO)
Dr. Julius O. Smith III (Consulting Founder)
Nick Porcaro (Chief Scientist)
moForte Inc.

Handheld mobile computing devices are now ubiquitous. These devices are powerful, connected and equipped with a variety of sensors. Their pervasiveness has created an opportunity to realize parametrically controlled, physically modeled, virtual musical instruments.

moForte inc was founded to develop a line of sonic and musical applications for handheld devices. We are currently developing “moForte Guitar” which is an application for mobile devices that models the guitar family of instruments and enables everyone to experience what its like to play these instruments.

We will provide a brief history of physically modeled musical instruments and the platforms that these models have been run on. We will also give an overview of what is currently possible on handheld mobile devices.

http://www.aessf.org/meetings/20130418.htm

MoForte Guitar + Leap Motion

nick — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:52:33 +0000