Exploring the Myo controller for sonic microinteraction

Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Victor Gonzalez Sanchez, Agata Zelechowska, and Kari Anne Vadstensvik Bjerkestrand

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper explores sonic microinteraction using muscle sensing through the Myo armband. The first part presents results from a small series of experiments aimed at finding the baseline micromotion and muscle activation data of people being at rest or performing short/small actions. The second part presents the prototype instrument MicroMyo, built around the concept of making sound with little motion. The instrument plays with the convention that inputting more energy into an instrument results in more sound. MicroMyo, on the other hand, is built so that the less you move, the more it sounds. Our user study shows that while such an "inverse instrument" may seem puzzling at first, it also opens a space for interesting musical interactions.

Citation:

Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Victor Gonzalez Sanchez, Agata Zelechowska, and Kari Anne Vadstensvik Bjerkestrand. 2017. Exploring the Myo controller for sonic microinteraction. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176308

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{ajensenius2017,
 abstract = {This paper explores sonic microinteraction using muscle sensing through the Myo armband. The first part presents results from a small series of experiments aimed at finding the baseline micromotion and muscle activation data of people being at rest or performing short/small actions. The second part presents the prototype instrument MicroMyo, built around the concept of making sound with little motion. The instrument plays with the convention that inputting more energy into an instrument results in more sound. MicroMyo, on the other hand, is built so that the less you move, the more it sounds. Our user study shows that while such an "inverse instrument" may seem puzzling at first, it also opens a space for interesting musical interactions. },
 address = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
 author = {Alexander Refsum Jensenius and Victor Gonzalez Sanchez and Agata Zelechowska and Kari Anne Vadstensvik Bjerkestrand},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176308},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {442--445},
 publisher = {Aalborg University Copenhagen},
 title = {Exploring the Myo controller for sonic microinteraction},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2017/nime2017_paper0083.pdf},
 year = {2017}
}