Audio collage as an instrument of musical expression: Combining freehand and tangible controllers

Vanissa Law; Hsuan Chao Hou

Audio collage as an instrument of musical expression: Combining freehand and tangible controllers

Vanissa Law, Hsuan Chao Hou

Academy of Music

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This paper details ongoing research of a four-channel performance tool based on the idea of an audio collage controlled by freehand gestures and a tangible button interface. The coordinates of one hand are used in 3D space for gesture recognition (i.e., whether the hand is a palm or a fist), and the other for a wearable button switches. Depending on the mode selected by the buttons, the data is mapped to the position of the listening point, panning, volume, and playback speed of samples triggered. A number of design issues in relation to the use of touch-free and tangible interfaces are discussed, including the importance of touch in music and sound making, and the challenges of connecting gestural data to human proprioception in 3D space.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	41st International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Looking Back, Looking Forward - Proceedings
Editors	Richard Dudas
Publisher	International Computer Music Association
Pages	106-109
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	0984527443, 9780984527441
Publication status	Published - Sept 2015
Event	41st International Computer Music Conference: Looking Back, Looking Forward, ICMC 2015 - Denton, United States Duration: 25 Sept 2015 → 1 Oct 2015 https://dblp.org/db/conf/icmc/icmc2015.html (Conference proceedings)

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Conference	41st International Computer Music Conference: Looking Back, Looking Forward, ICMC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denton
Period	25/09/15 → 1/10/15
Internet address	https://dblp.org/db/conf/icmc/icmc2015.html (Conference proceedings)

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Law, V., & Hou, H. C. (2015). Audio collage as an instrument of musical expression: Combining freehand and tangible controllers. In R. Dudas (Ed.), 41st International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2015: Looking Back, Looking Forward - Proceedings (pp. 106-109). (International Computer Music Conference - Proceedings). International Computer Music Association. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.bbp2372.2015.020

Law, Vanissa ; Hou, Hsuan Chao. / Audio collage as an instrument of musical expression : Combining freehand and tangible controllers. 41st International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2015: Looking Back, Looking Forward - Proceedings. editor / Richard Dudas. International Computer Music Association, 2015. pp. 106-109 (International Computer Music Conference - Proceedings).

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Audio collage as an instrument of musical expression: Combining freehand and tangible controllers. / Law, Vanissa; Hou, Hsuan Chao.
41st International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2015: Looking Back, Looking Forward - Proceedings. ed. / Richard Dudas. International Computer Music Association, 2015. p. 106-109 (International Computer Music Conference - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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