An instrument.
A world of
connections.
Exploring the life of musical instruments through sound, data and digital experience.
Begin with the idea Explore the ecosystem 57 ELEMENTS ↗Hover to uncover a connection.
An open notebook on
the future of musical heritage.
01Virtual Acoustic Objects
7 pages · Research
Virtual Acoustic Objects
7 pages · ResearchAn instrument is more than its shape. Bring its sound, structure and evidence together.
01An object, beyond its image02Inside a Virtual Acoustic Object03From an organ to other sounding objects04Working with the standard05Follow an asset across its carriers06Describe time, space and acoustic response07Inspect the model, understand the representation02Research & questions
7 pages · Research
Research & questions
7 pages · ResearchHow can digital representations keep musical heritage open to critical inquiry?
01Preserving the possibility of inquiry02From sources to accountable claims03A route through the project04A glossary for connected research05The thesis: from evidence to an encounter06What counts as an evaluated result?07Three objects, three research problems03Recording & fieldwork
4 pages · Research
Recording & fieldwork
4 pages · ResearchFrom an instrument in a room to an attributable, reusable recording.
01Begin with the instrument02Capture, review, preserve03OrgRec04Read an audio analysis in its context04Navigator
3 pages · Resources
Navigator
3 pages · ResourcesAn evidence-led workspace for exploring instruments, people, places and histories.
01Follow the connections02Ways into the collection03From exploration to a fixed source05Pipe Organ Dataset
4 pages · Resources
Pipe Organ Dataset
4 pages · ResourcesA versioned corpus of organological records, connected to their sources.
01A collection with a memory02Choose the right distribution03Read the gaps as carefully as the data04Ask a question the corpus can answer06Tools & experiences
8 pages · Resources
Tools & experiences
8 pages · ResourcesThe tools, standards and research collections of MODAVIS, with their responsibilities and release status.
01A tool for each part of the work02The MODAVIS ecosystem03Six responsibilities, one research workflow04Different ways of encountering an object05From acquired evidence to a reviewed result06Choose a VAO client07The twelve Processor modules, in practice08Geometry, acoustics and reconstruction hypotheses07Ontologies
6 pages · Foundations
Ontologies
6 pages · FoundationsA shared language for instruments, evidence, historical states and digital representations.
01Give relationships a precise meaning02Keep the claim and its grounds together03OMARO04Model an instrument through change05Classification with a point of view06One organ, many identities: learn the ontology08Standards & citation
5 pages · Foundations
Standards & citation
5 pages · FoundationsStable identities, explicit versions and inspectable content.
01Built on explicit agreements02Cite what you actually used03A page can change. Its edition should not.04Validate the claim, layer by layer05From Cuntz evidence to a portable VAO09About the project
3 pages · Foundations
About the project
3 pages · FoundationsMusical instruments, digital scholarship and the possibilities of open research.
01Sound, structure, knowledge02The doctoral research03People & contact10Journal & milestones
2 pages · Foundations
Journal & milestones
2 pages · FoundationsA dated route through the project’s published standards, data and research.
01Notes in the project’s timeline02Events & exchange