The PAFI project instigated an ambitious and completely new dynamic among research laboratories, a national pole of innovation for the music industry, and a group of instrument makers acting on behalf of professional associations of instrument makers, representative of the French small business culture.
Project Description & Goals
The goal of this project was to overcome the difficulties associated with the reproduction and optimization of high-quality musical instrument design, distinctive of French instrument making.
PAFI aimed to implement tools for characterization as well as mechanical and acoustic prediction for the analysis and creation of prototypes of virtual instruments.
During this project, the IRCAM team implemented an experimental characterization system for the accuracy of instruments via a system that measures the input impedance, the development of a tool that predicts accuracy, and as part of Pauline Eveno’s doctoral thesis, the installation of a methodology for control and innovation with instrument-makers using tools based on a model developed by the other project partners (tests such as artificial mouths and simulations via physical models of instruments being played).
Project reference: ANR-2008-CORD-016-04.
