Browsing by Author "Carnegie DA"

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    Interactive Sound Synthesis Mediated Through Computer Networks
    (eContact!, 1/08/2014) He J; Christopher K; Kapur A; Carnegie DA
    The digital age is continuously redefining the bounds of interaction. This has never been more apparent in the realm of sonic arts, where the idea of network interactivity is becoming increasingly ubiquitous. After all, art is essentially born of the interaction between people and the phenomenon around them. Interactivity is a fundamental element of music performance, whether it is amongst performers, the performers and the audience, or the performers and the work itself. Since the era of The League of Automatic Music Composers and The Hub (Gresham-Lancaster 1998), composers, musicians and music technologists have explored the paradigm of computer networks as the medium of interactivity in music systems (Barbosa 2003; Traub 2005; Mills 2010). Motivated in part by research into the microsonic components of sound creation, the authors introduce a method in which sound is generated by the feedback of an impulse across a network.
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    Parametrically-Dense Motion Sensing Devices and Robotic Musical Instruments
    (International Computer Music Association, 1/08/2016) He J; Murphy J; Kapur A; Carnegie DA
    The proliferation and ubiquity of sensor, actuator and microcontroller technology in recent years have propelled contemporary robotic musical instruments (RMIs) and digital music controllers to become more parametrically dense than their predecessors. Prior projects have focused on creating interaction strategies for relatively low degrees-of-freedom input and output schemes. Drawing upon prior research, this paper explores schemes for interaction between parametrically-dense motion-based control devices and contemporary parametrically-dense robotic musical instruments. The details of two interaction schemes are presented: those consisting of one-to-one control (allowing the actions of a performer to directly affect an instrument) and those consisting of a recognition system wherein user-created gestures result in output patterns from the robotic musical instrument. The implementation of the interaction schemes is described, and a performance utilizing these schemes is presented.