Ten-Hand Piano : A Networked Music Installation

Àlvaro Barbosa

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2008
• Location: Genoa, Italy
• Pages: 9–12
• Keywords: algorithmic composition,behavioral driven,electronic music instruments,interfaces,network music instruments,nime08,performance,public music,real-time collaborative,sound
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179487 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

This paper presents the latest developments of the Public Sound Objects (PSOs) system, an experimental framework to implement and test new concepts for Networked Music. The project of a Public interactive installation using the PSOs system was commissioned in 2007 by Casa da Musica, the main concert hall space in Porto. It resulted in a distributed musical structure with up to ten interactive performance terminals distributed along the Casa da Musica's hallways, collectively controlling a shared acoustic piano. The installation allows the visitors to collaborate remotely with each other, within the building, using a software interface custom developed to facilitate collaborative music practices and with no requirements in terms previous knowledge of musical performance.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Barbosa2008,
 abstract = {This paper presents the latest developments of the Public Sound Objects (PSOs) system, an experimental framework to implement and test new concepts for Networked Music. The project of a Public interactive installation using the PSOs system was commissioned in 2007 by Casa da Musica, the main concert hall space in Porto. It resulted in a distributed musical structure with up to ten interactive performance terminals distributed along the Casa da Musica's hallways, collectively controlling a shared acoustic piano. The installation allows the visitors to collaborate remotely with each other, within the building, using a software interface custom developed to facilitate collaborative music practices and with no requirements in terms previous knowledge of musical performance. },
 address = {Genoa, Italy},
 author = {Barbosa, \`{A}lvaro},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179487},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {algorithmic composition,behavioral driven,electronic music instruments,interfaces,network music instruments,nime08,performance,public music,real-time collaborative,sound},
 pages = {9--12},
 title = {Ten-Hand Piano : A Networked Music Installation},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2008/nime2008_009.pdf},
 year = {2008}
}