BiVib - Audio-Tactile Piano Sample Library

<strong>BiVib</strong> is an extensive piano sample library consisting of <strong>bi</strong>naural sounds and keyboard <strong>vib</strong>ration signals.<br> Samples were acquired with high-quality audio and vibration measurement equipment on two Yamaha Disklavier pianos (one grand and one upright model) by means of computer-controlled playback of each key at ten different MIDI velocity values.<br> Project files (<em>instruments</em> and <em>multis</em>) are provided for use with the free software sampler Native Instruments Kontakt Player (version 5 and above, available for Windows and Mac OS).<br> The nominal specifications of the equipment used in the acquisition chain are reported in a companion document, allowing researchers to calculate physical quantities (e.g. acoustic pressure, vibration acceleration) from the recordings.<br> The library is especially suited for acoustic and vibration research on the piano, as well as for research on multimodal interaction with musical instruments.