New developments on the augmentation of a classical guitar: Addition of embedded sound synthesis and OSC communication over network

The GuitarAMI aims to use gestural data to control algorithms that overcome the restrictions described above [1]. GuitarAMI explores possibilities of modification of the commonly considered restrictive intrinsic characteristics of the acoustic guitar by using sensors that generate data trough effective and free gestures [2], controlling sound manipulation patches programmed in Pure Data [3]. The Pure Data patch modifies the sustain time by performing a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to analyze the audio signal and later re-synthesizes a sound that can be sustained indefinitely.