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Re:Why does an A note sound different across instruments? by CogitoCogito on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:54PM (#26308969)
> One interesting idea that came to me last night was trying to reproduce the physical 3D model of an instrument based on its spectrographic fingerprint.

In case you haven't already read it, this might be of interest to you:

Mark Kac: "Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_the_shape_of_a_drum

https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/upload_library/2...

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Re:Why does an A note sound different across instruments? by junon on Monday March 01, 2021 @06:18PM (#26309868)
Would be interested to see this applied to drums that have intra-beat tuning, such as the talking drum or the idakka.
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