UIUC Physics 498POM
Physics of Music/Musical Instruments
Lab Handouts:

Lab Handouts for UIUC Physics 498 POM Course:

The following is a lab handout for this course that briefly describes the experimental/lab setups and lab equipment that we currently have available for use in this course.

• P498POM List of Experimental/Lab Setups and Lab Equipment

The following is a lab handout for this course - a "wish-list" of *possible* experiments that could be carried out in the lab portion of this course - things that potentially would be interesting and/or fun to investigate! This is certainly/by no means meant to an exhaustive/all inclusive list!

• P498POM List of Experiments

The following is a lab handout for this course that describes how to run and use the MATLAB Wav_Analysis program (written by 2004 NSF REU Summer Student, Joe Yasi {Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute}) to carry out harmonic/spectrum analysis of sounds produced (arbitrary) musical instruments and recorded with a digital sound recorder.

• Instructions for Running the MATLAB Wav_Analysis Program

The following is a lab handout for this course that describes how to setup, run and use the Hewlett-Packard HP-3562A Dynamic Signal Analyzer for carrying out cross-correlation measurements.

• Instructions for Carrying out Cross-Correlation Measurements with the HP-3562A Dynamic Signal Analyzer

The following is the lab handout for the closed-open organ pipe lab/demo experiment.

• Investigation of Standing Waves in Air and a Resonant Air Column

The following is the lab handout containing information on how to run the Guitar.exe computer simulation of vibrating strings on a guitar, and harmonic content thereof. {This handout is the final report of Tobias Schmitter's UIUC Physics 398EMI Project, Fall Semester, 2000.}

• Computer Simulation of Vibrating Strings on a Guitar/Harmonic Content of A Vibrating Guitar String

The following is a lab handout for this course that describes how measurements of the complex mechanical vibrations of e.g. stringed can be carried out using the Sonic DAQ program.

• The Sonic Mechanical Resonance DAQ Program

The following is a lab handout for this course that briefly describes/summarizes the measurements that can be carried out to investigate the electromagnetic properties of electric guitar pickups.

• Electric Guitar Pickup Measurements

The following is a lab handout for a PC-controlled data acquisition system that we have developed at UIUC to enable us to measure/study the properties of 12A*7/ECC8* type dual triode tubes, map out the triode characteristic curves and extract the triode tube parameters, gm, mu, Rp as a function of grid-cathode potential (V_gk), plate-cathode potential (V_pk), cathode/plate current (I_k/I_p).

• Measurement of Triode Tube Parameters

The following is a lab handout for a PC-controlled data acquisition system that we have developed at UIUC to enable us to measure/study the properties of "standard" 12A*7/ECC8* type triode voltage amplifier as a function of input signal and input frequency, grid-cathode potential (V_gk), plate-cathode potential (V_pk), cathode/plate current (I_k/I_p), etc.

• Measurement of Triode Voltage Amplifier Performance

The following is a lab handout for a PC-controlled data acquisition system that we have developed at UIUC to enable us to measure/study the DC current-voltage (I-V) relation of 2-lead electronic devices - such as resistors, diodes (of all kinds), varistors, etc.

• Use of A PC-Based Data Acquisition System For Measurement of 2-Lead Electronic Device DC Current-Voltage Relations

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