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	The Kantele — Finland's national instrument — Virtual Finland
		The kantele is the oldest Finnish folk instrument, and is classed as a cordophone, that is, an instrument whose sound arises from a string stretched between two fixed points.
		The instrument was tuned to a diatonic scale between its bass and top notes which could, depending on the tuning of the central string, be either major or minor.
		With the new instruments and instrumental styles, the music, too, changed, and in the second half of the 19th century contemporary dance music was generally played in those few places where the kantele had survived as a folk instrument.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/kantele.html (719 words)

	Virtual Instrumentation - Tutorial - Development Library - National Instruments
		A traditional instrument might contain an integrated circuit to perform a particular set of data processing functions; in a virtual instrument, these functions would be performed by software running on the PC processor.
		Virtual instrumentation with LabVIEW proves to be economical, not only in the reduced development costs but also in its preservation of capital investment over a long period of time.
		Virtual instrumentation is fueled by ever-advancing computer technology and offers you the power to create and define your own system based on an open framework.
	zone.ni.com /devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/43DA4F5979907DDD86256C1B00510DBA?opendocument (3285 words)

	SANDBOX: Accessing Scientific Data through Experimentation
		The investigator places virtual instruments into a virtual environment and collects data from the scientific database in the same way an investigator uses an actual instrument to collect data from nature.
		Virtual reality is being investigated as an interface to computational fluid dynamics problems [17], neurological simulations [15] and cosmological data [23].
		The VR Interface is responsible for the maintaining the virtual environment, representing the virtual instruments visually and audibly, as well as monitoring the user's actions within the virtual environment.
	www.evl.uic.edu /aej/papers/interactions/inter2.html (5175 words)

	Virtual Instrumentation and Traditional Instruments - Tutorial - Development Library - National Instruments
		Engineers have used virtual instrumentation for more than 25 years to bring the power of flexible software and PC technology to test, control, and design applications making accurate analog and digital measurements from DC to 2.7 GHz.
		Virtual instruments are defined by the user while traditional instruments have fixed, vendor-defined functionality.
		This shares many properties with virtual instrumentation, which is “a software-defined system, where software based on user requirements defines the functionality of generic measurement hardware”.
	zone.ni.com /devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/446E90868BEE72DD86256FEE003FF6F4?opendocument (1169 words)

	SI PC 2001 Cryogenic Temperature Control System
		The PC 2001 may be a virtual instrument, or simply the operator's front panel, and is constructed on a personal computer as an application running under Windows
		Virtual instrumentation utilizes the current availability of PC's as the operator interface without duplication of costly displays and controls.
		Increasing capabilities of modern instruments requires a more complex operator interface to be able to use the capability of the instrument.
	www.arscryo.com /si2001.htm (980 words)

	Lab-Volt: Training Systems -- Virtual Instrument Package (1250) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Virtual Instrument Package includes a desktop unit containing a dual-channel digital storage oscilloscope, multimeter, function generator, spectrum analyzer, and a transient recorder.
		The Virtual Instrument Package Model 1250 includes all necessary software, cables, a user manual, dual switchable probes, test leads, and a data acquisition instrument that can be connected to the parallel printer port of a personal computer.
		This Virtual Instrument Package improves the way students learn and better prepares them for careers that require knowledge of modern instrumentation and measurement.
	www.labvolt.com /product_print.asp?id=139 (539 words)

	Upgrades: MOTU DP
		DP 4.1's new Virtual Instrument tracks give users access to all AU- and MAS-compatible virtual instrument plug-ins installed on their computer.
		Virtual Instruments can be created by choosing the desired instrument directly from the Add Instrument Track command submenu.
		DP 4.1 users can create as many instrument tracks as they wish, and open as many virtual instruments as their computer-processing resources allow.
	mixonline.com /news/audio_upgrade_motu_dp (447 words)

	EEProductCenter.com :: A virtual instrument reality check: Where's it <i>really</i> at?
		In the case of a purely virtual instrument, the intelligence resides in the PC.
		By locating the intelligence inside the instrument, and equipping it with sophisticated data-handling hardware, the system-ready instrument can apply time-tested algorithms and impressive processing techniques so the PC can concentrate on managing the system and analyzing results from multiple instruments at the same time.
		The system-ready instrument is real hardware with a local human interface and local intelligence, designed in a smaller package for system use, optimized for measurement performance, and ready to converse with a PC over standard high-speed PC I/O protocol.
	www.eeproductcenter.com /showArticle.jhtml?articleID=52601276 (1742 words)

	Interchangeable Virtual Instruments - National Instruments
		Instrument drivers are an integral component in modern automated test systems.
		They perform the actual communication and control of the instrument hardware in the system, as well as providing a high-level and easy-to-use programming model that turns complex instrument measurement capabilities into simple software function calls.
		Formed by National Instruments in August of 1998, the IVI Foundation has grown to more than 25 members, including end-users, system integrators, and software and instrument vendors.
	www.ni.com /ivi (183 words)

	Virtual Instrument Museum
		A-Z index: instruments / genres / ensembles
		The neck is spiked into the body, which has a skin soundtable with an opening near the bottom through which the strings can be attached to one end of the neck.
		At the other end of the neck each string is tied to a tuning noose (not shown clearly on this instrument, which is not in working condition), which can be moved higher or lower on the neck to alter the pitch.
	learningobjects.wesleyan.edu /vim/cgi-bin/instrument.cgi?id=22 (351 words)

	Power Engineering - Virtual Verification
		Most of the secondary instrumentation at Waterford is routed to the plant computer, which connects to the network, permitting instrument observation on the plant Satellite Display System (SDS), PI Process Book and SCW.
		For instrument verification, SCW runs a plant chemistry simulator and calculates pH, conductivity and impurity concentrations throughout the secondary steam cycle using known impurity concentrations at feedwater or blowdown.
		Virtually all systems are equipped with automatic membrane cleaning devices that reverse-flush the membranes, often in conjunction with an air agitation step to loosen solids.
	pepei.pennnet.com /Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&ARTICLE_ID=224639&VERSION_NUM=4&p=6 (2441 words)

	Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection SE - zZounds.com
		With 5 professional quality powerful virtual instruments at one attractive low price, the Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection is the perfect addition to any computer music studio, regardless of whether you’re a novice or a professional.
		The Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection combines the Groove Agent SE virtual drummer, The Grand SE piano module, D’cota SE analog modelling/FM synthesizer, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE and the acclaimed HALion SE virtual sampler into one attractively-priced package.
		Virtual Guitarist "Electric Edition" is the perfect rhythm guitarist for anyone needing electric guitar tracks.
	www.zzounds.com /item--STEVSTISE (770 words)

	LUCIFER Software - Virtual Instrument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Since the control software is developed simultaneously to the mechanical design of the instrument at different locations and has to work successfully after the completion of the instrument, there was the idea of a virtual Instrument that has to simulate the different components and their real-time behaviour.
		The virtual instrument has been developed within the scope of a diploma thesis in collaborations with the Fakultät für Informatik at the university of Dortmund, Germany.
		Development of a virtual LUCIFER instrument which simulates the properties of the motors and units with appropriate algorithms.
	www.astro.ruhr-uni-bochum.de /LUCIFER/software01.html (558 words)

	Business Wire: New Virtual Instrument Software From Luna Technologies Increases Productivity of Optical Vector Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Using the Virtual Instrument software and stored component data, personnel can access the full characterization of a component without an OVA, and data for components in inventory can be stored and accessed when needed.
		The new Virtual Instrument software also increases productivity because personnel can access component testing data remotely from any computer that has the software installed, leaving the OVA available for additional component testing applications.
		The Virtual Instrument software is available immediately, both separately and as part of the Optical Vector Analyzer bundle.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_June_10/ai_87061179 (489 words)

	In Harmony With Education: Virtual Instrument Design Studio. Go through each of these steps to design your own virtual ...
		By making a series of decisions about the way you produce sound on your instrument, what the instrument is made of, and how you play it, you get to invent an instrument of real distinction.
		Of course, you can also make real instruments, as you do in the In Harmony With Education program--so the last step of this game might be to get out the old parts box and combine bits of wood, metal, and plastic into something that you can use to make your own music.
		Is the part of the instrument that you scrape made of:
	www.menc.org /guides/IHWE/ihwegame.htm (451 words)

	LabVIEW
		The decade box is an actual instrument that you can hold in your hand, and adjust the controls to give the desired resistance.
		In this exercise you are going to create a virtual instrument, a VI, that simulates one column of slide switches from the decade box.
		The single column decade box virtual instrument looks complicated, but it is actually just a lot of the same stuff repeated over and over.
	www.cs.wright.edu /egr190/labview1/labvie1b.htm (2167 words)

	Mix: VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Plug-ins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Mix's last two plug-in roundups (see the November 2001 and September 2002 issues) were pretty comprehensive, but for this survey, which concentrates on "virtual instruments," we found another 52 new or significantly upgraded products that were introduced in 2002.
		Working both as a plug-in and stand-alone, the Lizard is laid out like a hardware desktop beat box with rotary virtual knobs for controls over mallet stiffness and force, tine decay and tone, and pickup position symmetry and distance.
		Based on subtractive synthesis, the VST Instrument plug-in Shadow emulates the sounds of famous hardware synthesizers made in the '80s without sampling and continuous switching between the waveforms without aliasing.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HEO/is_3_27/ai_97179442 (1269 words)

	Realistic Virtual Piano VSTi Free Download by Syntheway: (vst, vsti, virtual, instrument, realistic piano, synths, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		REALISTIC VIRTUAL PIANO is a acoustic grand piano emulation with a breathtakingly rich and realistic sound.
		It is sampled at dynamic levels across the keyboard in order to capture the variations in sound.-To achieve such a remarkably authentic piano sound, has full length sustain samples, no loops (natural decay), stored in 16 bits and 44.100 KHz.-ADSR envelope generator with Attack, Sustain, Decay and Release parameters-The size has been significantly reduced.
		The Virtual Instrument combines intuitive handling with excellent 24-bit sound quality, and functions as a plug-in instrument, without the need for a sampler, in VST Host application such as FL Studio, Cubase, Orion, Audio Mulch, Sonar and more...Â -Free variation of acoustic ambience thanks to complete separation of piano and room.
	www.fileboost.net /directory/multimedia/audio/realistic_virtual_piano_vsti/019547/review.html (295 words)

	MOTU.com - MOTU Symphonic Instrument Debuts at NAMM 2005
		The answer: the MOTU Symphonic Instrument, a cross-platform instrument plug-in that gives you quick and easy access to an enormous 8GB library of quality orchestra sounds for composing, sequencing and rendering realistic orchestral performances.
		From solo instruments and small ensembles to full tutti orchestra and choirs, the MOTU Symphonic Instrument’s massive 8 gigabyte (GB) library provides sounds from world class orchestras and musicians, recorded with pristine audio fidelity and careful attention to detail.
		Quality and variety abound: strings, brass, woodwinds, orchestral percussion, male and female choirs, pipe organs, period instruments and pianos and even timeless classics, including Steinway D and Yamaha C7 pianos.
	www.motu.com /newsitems/atnewsitem.2005-01-28.5468939558 (362 words)

	Zero-G Morphology virtual instrument
		Morphology uses Native Instruments' ubiquitous Kompakt Instrument as a dedicated front end, which allows you to play the library as a standalone instrument or as a plug-in for systems that support VST 2.0, DXi, RTAS, and Audio Units.
		Zero-G’s Morphology virtual instrument offers a huge collection of complex analog-style pads and ambient textures that evolve over time.
		The virtual synth section provides simple patches based on six waveforms: triangle, sawtooth, triangular-sawtooth, square, wide-rectangular, and narrow rectangular.
	emusician.com /mag/emusic_zerog_2/index.html (773 words)

	Mix : VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Plug-ins. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Today, there seem to be as many virtual instrument plug-ins as there are guitars, synths, vocoders, basses, string sections and electric pianos to emulate.
		Dozens of manufacturers now offer hundreds of plug-ins that can produce thousands of effects, from relatively straightforward EQ and dynamic control to massively complex reverb algorithms and multidimensional spatial manipulations.
		Mix's last two plug-in roundups (see the November 2001 and September 2002 issues) were pretty comprehensive, but for this survey, which concentrates on "virtual instruments," we found another 52 new or significantly upgraded products that were introduced in
	static.highbeam.com /m/mix/february012003/virtualinstrumentplugins (178 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Virtual instrument creates new sounds
		A virtual musical instrument capable of creating sounds not possible in the physical world has been developed at York University.
		As a result it is possible to create a variety of new sounds, for example a cymbal that sounds as if it being plucked with a bow.
		"The project is about creating new instruments you can't create in the real world," said Professor David Howard, Head of the Music Technology Group at York University.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/3003980.stm (313 words)

	Steinberg SE Virtual Instrument Collection - With five professional quality powerful virtual instruments at one ...
		Any or all Special Edition instruments in Steinberg SE Virtual Instrument Collection can be upgraded to their full version at attractive prices.
		Steinberg VStack is Steinberg’s smart VST Instrument host which allows its user to run virtual instruments together with virtual effects inside a flexible virtual mixer.
		The Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection is identical to the SE Virtual Instruments included in the Steinberg Studio Case, combined with Steinberg Cubase SE.
	www.4beatz.com /proddetail.asp?prod=steinbergvsts (1043 words)

	Intelligent Instrumentation: Data Acquisition
		Intelligent Instrumentation specializes in hardware and software for PC Data Acquisition.
		Our products are commonly used in industry, education, research and development for such applications as process monitoring/control, test and measurement, instrumentation, temperature monitoring, machine monitoring and control, factory automation, and laboratory automation.
		EDAS units allow you to remotely monitor and control a wide range of sensors, instruments, machines, and processes over your Ethernet network.
	www.instrument.com /pci/labview.asp (277 words)

	Remote Diagnosis House for Machine fault (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Remote Diagnosis House is established by Dr. He Lingsong of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
		PPT of "XVIML: A Extensible Virtual Instrument Markup Language" in AUTOTESTCON 2005.
		The english version DRVI, a virtual instrument assembling platform, is finished.
	heliso.tripod.com /right.htm (148 words)

	Steinberg VIRTUAL-BASSIST Bass Guitar VST Instrument Plug-In presented by Full Compass Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Virtual Bassist is also designed to be eminently “playable”, with MIDI keyboard notes selecting the pitch of the played groove while the Modulation wheel allows simultaneous and dynamic switching between groove complexity levels.
		Virtual Bassist also offers GrooveMatch, a powerful tool that moulds the Virtual Bassist bass line to any existing drum groove.
		Virtual Bassist customers will enjoy a full range of outstanding sound-shaping features, including a range of six high-quality virtual stomp box effects optimized for bass guitar, a choice of amp heads, bass cabinets and microphones as well as mic positioning options to build their ideal bass guitar parts.
	www.fullcompass.com /Products/pages/SKU--78212 (360 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Function Generator: 49.35 Hz 1.02 V clipping Plot 17 This graph was obtained by decreasing the sampling frequency until aliasing was observed on the virtual instrument.
		In this case a 50Hz wave was displayed on the oscilloscope while the virtual instrument showed a wave of 6.25Hz.
		It can also be observed when the sampling frequency on the virtual machine is significantly lower than the output frequency on the function generator.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/j/d/jdd194/lab4.doc (788 words)

	Sounds Online: Sounds Of Polynesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		A wonderful & unique virtual instrument for everyone who would like to discover the rich sounds of the South Pacific and use them in their music.
		The whole of this remarkable library is presented within a stunning new state-of-the-art plug-in interface by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS which is a version of their INTAKT sampler, which was specifically designed for rhythmic loop playback, manipulation, and mayhem.
		Sound Library can also be loaded into other Native Instruments samplers including KONTAKT version 1.5 (which is now available as a downloadable upgrade from the Native Instruments website), for even greater flexibility and more options for working with the material.
	www.soundsonline.com /sophtml/details.phtml?sku=ZG303 (2590 words)

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