Facilitating Creative Exploratory Search with Multiple Networked Audio Devices Using HappyBrackets

Oliver Bown, Angelo Fraietta, Sam Ferguson, Lian Loke, and Liam Bray

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

We present an audio-focused creative coding toolkit for deploying music programs to remote networked devices. It is designed to support efficient creative exploratory search in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT), where one or more devices must be configured, programmed and interact over a network, with applications in digital musical instruments, networked music performance and other digital experiences. Users can easily monitor and hack what multiple devices are doing on the fly, enhancing their ability to perform ``exploratory search'' in a creative workflow. We present two creative case studies using the system: the creation of a dance performance and the creation of a distributed musical installation. Analysing different activities within the production process, with a particular focus on the trade-off between more creative exploratory tasks and more standard configuring and problem-solving tasks, we show how the system supports creative exploratory search for multiple networked devices.

Citation:

Oliver Bown, Angelo Fraietta, Sam Ferguson, Lian Loke, and Liam Bray. 2019. Facilitating Creative Exploratory Search with Multiple Networked Audio Devices Using HappyBrackets. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3672962

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Bown2019,
 abstract = {We present an audio-focused creative coding toolkit for deploying music programs to remote networked devices. It is designed to support efficient creative exploratory search in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT), where one or more devices must be configured, programmed and interact over a network, with applications in digital musical instruments, networked music performance and other digital experiences. Users can easily monitor and hack what multiple devices are doing on the fly, enhancing their ability to perform ``exploratory search'' in a creative workflow. We present two creative case studies using the system: the creation of a dance performance and the creation of a distributed musical installation. Analysing different activities within the production process, with a particular focus on the trade-off between more creative exploratory tasks and more standard configuring and problem-solving tasks, we show how the system supports creative exploratory search for multiple networked devices. },
 address = {Porto Alegre, Brazil},
 author = {Oliver Bown and Angelo Fraietta and Sam Ferguson and Lian Loke and Liam Bray},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3672962},
 editor = {Marcelo Queiroz and Anna Xambó Sedó},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {286--291},
 publisher = {UFRGS},
 title = {Facilitating Creative Exploratory Search with Multiple Networked Audio Devices Using HappyBrackets},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2019/nime2019_paper055.pdf},
 year = {2019}
}