Towards a Dimension Space for Musical Devices

David Birnbaum, Rebecca Fiebrink, Joseph Malloch, and Marcelo M. Wanderley

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

While several researchers have grappled with the problem of comparing musical devices across performance, installation, and related contexts, no methodology yet exists for producing holistic, informative visualizations for these devices. Drawing on existing research in performance interaction, human-computer interaction, and design space analysis, the authors propose a dimension space representation that can be adapted for visually displaying musical devices. This paper illustrates one possible application of the dimension space to existing performance and interaction systems, revealing its usefulness both in exposing patterns across existing musical devices and aiding in the design of new ones.

Citation:

David Birnbaum, Rebecca Fiebrink, Joseph Malloch, and Marcelo M. Wanderley. 2005. Towards a Dimension Space for Musical Devices. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176707

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Birnbaum2005,
 abstract = {While several researchers have grappled with the problem of comparing musical devices across performance, installation, and related contexts, no methodology yet exists for producing holistic, informative visualizations for these devices. Drawing on existing research in performance interaction, human-computer interaction, and design space analysis, the authors propose a dimension space representation that can be adapted for visually displaying musical devices. This paper illustrates one possible application of the dimension space to existing performance and interaction systems, revealing its usefulness both in exposing patterns across existing musical devices and aiding in the design of new ones.},
 address = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
 author = {Birnbaum, David and Fiebrink, Rebecca and Malloch, Joseph and Wanderley, Marcelo M.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176707},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {design space analysis,human-computer interaction,interfaces for musical expression,new},
 pages = {192--195},
 title = {Towards a Dimension Space for Musical Devices},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2005/nime2005_192.pdf},
 year = {2005}
}