inventions

Inventions in music technology, from stretched strings that radiate warm air in 2000 to the low-frequency entrainment of cymbals in 2025. Grouped by what they work on.

sections

• acoustic & transducerscymbals, drumheads, plates and leaves pressed into service as transducers
• interfaces & sensorssensor systems and instrument extensions built for performers and dancers
• signal processingdistortion, synthesis, diffusion and rhythm algorithms
• measurement & analysistesting procedures, localisation and analysis experiments