Richard Garrett

I'm working on piece for hexaphonic guitar using ebow and need to do some onset detection. The audio from the individual strings is basically monophonic but noisy and with some crosstalk from adjacent strings.

I've looked at few approaches but so far the detection is rather late and some events don't get detected at all.

I'm working on piece for hexaphonic guitar using ebow and need to do some onset detection. The audio from the individual strings is basically monophonic but noisy and with some crosstalk from adjacent strings. 

I've looked at few approaches but so far the detection is rather late and some events don't get detected at all. 

onset-detection-for-slow-attacks-looking-for-advice

if you don't get any success here, it might help to get in touch with my colleague Ricky Graham, Assistant Prof of Guitar Technology at Stephens University, NJ:

He's a good friend of long-standing and if you mention my name, he'll be very pro-active and helpful. He's done considerable work in the area of hexaphonic string output and envelope following (albeit using PD on the software side).

Hi Richard,
if you don't get any success here, it might help to get in touch with my colleague Ricky Graham, Assistant Prof of Guitar Technology at Stephens University, NJ:

Thank you for that. I will get in touch with him.

>He's done considerable work in the area of hexaphonic string output and envelope following

wow, that is a hardcore specific reference right there! :) Love it.

>He's done considerable work in the area of hexaphonic string output and envelope following 

wow, that is a hardcore specific reference right there! :) Love it.


Yeah I know! He's just finished his doctorate, and a substantial portion of his thesis relates to contour recognition, based on input from discrete strings' audio output.

yes, we've been in touch and he's offered me some pointers. I've got something working now though the whole patch is a bit flakey.Still, it held together yesterday when I played the guitar piece to an audience for the first time.

Barry Truax was sitting about four feet away from me - so no pressure there then.

Anyway it went OK- now to make it work properly.

Glad to hear it - at least the performance anxiety was based in illustrious peer pressure and not unreliable patch fear.

Onset detection for slow attacks - looking for advice