{"title":"Demo of interactions between a performer playing a Smart Mandolin and audience members using Musical Haptic Wearables","authors":"L. Turchet, M. Barthet","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302687","url":null,"abstract":"This demo will showcase technologically mediated interactions between a performer playing a smart musical instrument (SMIs) and audience members using Musical Haptic Wearables (MHWs). Smart Instruments are a family of musical instruments characterized by embedded computational intelligence, wireless connectivity, an embedded sound delivery system, and an onboard system for feedback to the player. They offer direct point-to-point communication between each other and other portable sensor-enabled devices connected to local networks and to the Internet. MHWs are wearable devices for audience members, which encompass haptic stimulation, gesture tracking, and wireless connectivity features. This demo will present an architecture enabling the multidirectional creative communication between a performer playing a Smart Mandolin and audience members using armband-based MHWs.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129930966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contextualising Idiomatic Gestures in Musical Interactions with NIMEs","authors":"Koray Tahiroglu, Michael Gurevich, R. B. Knapp","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302701","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces various ways that idiomatic gestures emerge in performance practice with new musical instruments. It demonstrates that idiomatic gestures can play an important role in the development of personalized performance practices that can be the basis for the development of style and expression. Three detailed examples – biocon-trollers, accordion-inspired instruments, and a networked intelligent controller – illustrate how a complex suite of factors throughout the design, composition and performance processes can influence the development of idiomatic gestures. We argue that the explicit consideration of idiomatic gestures throughout the life cycle of new instruments can facilitate the emergence of style and give rise to performances that can develop rich layers of meaning.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123498701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who Are the Women Authors in NIME?-Improving Gender Balance in NIME Research","authors":"Anna Xambó","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302535","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, there has been an increase in awareness of the underrepresentation of women in the sound and music computing fields. The New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) conference is not an exception, with a number of open questions remaining around the issue. In the present paper, we study the presence and evolution over time of women authors in NIME since the beginning of the conference in 2001 until 2017. We discuss the results of such a gender imbalance and potential solutions by summarizing the actions taken by a number of worldwide initiatives that have put an effort into making women’s work visible in our field, with a particular emphasis on Women in Music Tech (WiMT), a student-led organization that aims to encourage more women to join music technology, as a case study. We conclude with a hope for an improvement in the representation of women in NIME by presenting WiNIME, a public online database that details who are the women authors in NIME.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121474105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AM MODE: Using AM and FM Synthesis for Acoustic Drum Set Augmentation","authors":"C. Champion, M. Zareei","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302667","url":null,"abstract":"No description supplied","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115568683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joseph W. Malloch, M. Schumacher, S. Sinclair, M. Wanderley
{"title":"The Digital Orchestra Toolbox for Max","authors":"Joseph W. Malloch, M. Schumacher, S. Sinclair, M. Wanderley","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302573","url":null,"abstract":"The Digital Orchestra Toolbox for Max is an open-source collection of small modular software tools for aiding the development of Digital Musical Instruments. Each tool takes the form of an “abstraction” for the visual programming environment Max, meaning it can be opened and understood by users within the Max environment, as well as copied, modified, and appropriated as desired. This paper describes the origins and motivations for creating the Toolbox, broadly outlines the types of tools included, and follows the development of the project over the last twelve years. We also present examples of several digital musical instruments built using the Toolbox.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114826307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"L2OrkMote: Reimagining a Low-Cost Wearable Controller for a Live Gesture-Centric Music Performance","authors":"Kyriakos D. Tsoukalas, J. Kubalak, I. Bukvic","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302581","url":null,"abstract":"Laptop orchestras create music, although digitally produced, in a collaborative live performance not unlike a traditional orchestra. The recent increase in interest and investment in this style of music creation has paved the way for novel methods for musicians to create and interact with music. To this end, a number of nontraditional instruments have been constructed that enable musicians to control sound production beyond pitch and volume, integrating filtering, musical effects, etc. Wii Remotes (WiiMotes) have seen heavy use in maker communities, including laptop orchestras, for their robust sensor array and low cost. The placement of sensors and the form factor of the device itself are suited for video games, not necessarily live music creation. In this paper, the authors present a new controller design, based on the WiiMote hardware platform, to address usability in gesturecentric music performance. Based on the pilot-study data, the new controller offers unrestricted two-hand gesture production, smaller footprint, and lower muscle strain.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116698438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The XT Synth: A New Controller for String Players","authors":"Gustavo Oliveira da Silveira","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302673","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the concept, design, and realization of two iterations of a new controller called the XT Synth. The development of the instrument came from the desire to maintain the expressivity and familiarity of string instruments, while adding the flexibility and power usually found in keyboard controllers. There are different examples of instruments that bring the physicality and expressiveness of acoustic instruments into electronic music, from “Do it yourself” (DIY) products to commercially available ones. This paper discusses the process and the challenges faced when creating a DIY musical instrument and then subsequently transforming the instrument into a product suitable for commercialization.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125983772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MIDI Keyboard Defined DJ Performance System","authors":"Christopher Dewey, J. Wakefield","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302547","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the use of the ubiquitous MIDI keyboard to control a DJ performance system. The prototype system uses a two octave keyboard with each octave controlling one audio track. Each audio track has four two-bar loops which play in synchronisation switchable by its respective octave’s first four black keys. The top key of the keyboard toggles between frequency filter mode and time slicer mode. In frequency filter mode the white keys provide seven bands of latched frequency filtering. In time slicer mode the white keys plus black B flat key provide latched on/off control of eight time slices of the loop. The system was informally evaluated by nine subjects. The frequency filter mode combined with loop switching worked well with the MIDI keyboard interface. All subjects agreed that all tools had creative performance potential that could be developed by further practice.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116438954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Democratizing Interactive Music Production over the Internet","authors":"Trond Engum, O. Wittner","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302549","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an ongoing research project which address challenges and opportunities when collaborating interactively in real time in a ”virtual” sound studio with several partners in different locations. ”Virtual” in this context referring to an interconnected and inter-domain studio environment consisting of several local production systems connected to public and private networks. This paper reports experiences and challenges related to two different production scenarios conducted in 2017.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"320 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132138245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Working methods and instrument design for cross-adaptive sessions","authors":"Øyvind Brandtsegg, Trond Engum, Bernt Isak Wærstad","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1302649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302649","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores working methods and instrument design for musical performance sessions (studio and live) where cross-adaptive techniques for audio processing are utilized. Cross-adaptive processing uses feature extraction methods and digital processing to allow the actions of one acoustic instrument to influence the timbre of another. Even though the physical interface for the musician is the familiar acoustic instrument, the musical dimensions controlled with the actions on the instrument have been expanded radically. For this reason, and when used in live performance, the cross-adaptive methods constitute new interfaces for musical expression. Not only do the musician control his or her own instrumental expression, but the instrumental actions directly influence the timbre of another instrument in the ensemble, while their own instrument’s sound is modified by the actions of other musicians. In the present paper we illustrate and discuss some design issues relating to the configuration and composition of such tools for different musical situations. Such configurations include among other things the mapping of modulators, the choice of applied effects and processing methods.","PeriodicalId":161317,"journal":{"name":"New Interfaces for Musical Expression","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132591450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}