Interdisciplinary Theory & Technology

This patent describes an invention providing electronically-induced drive environments for one or more mechanically-vibrating physical elements, including those environments applicable to musical instrument application. One aspect of the invention provides for visual indication of one or more drive levels in very general electronically-driven vibrating-elements environments. Other aspects of the invention provide for loop signal processing and the use of external drive sources applicable to a variety of types of sense transducers, drive transducers, and vibrating elements in isolated or grouped configurations. Additional aspects of the invention provide for pluralities of drive transducers and drive signals as applied to individual or groups of vibrating elements within the invention's environments. Yet further aspects of the invention provide for advantageous use of piezo drive transducers and hall-effect sense transducers within the invention's environment as alternatives to electromagnetic transducers.