Zstretch : A Stretchy Fabric Music Controller

Angela Chang, and Hiroshi Ishii

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

FigureWe present Zstretch, a textile music controller that supports expressive haptic interactions. The musical controller takes advantage of the fabric's topological constraints to enable proportional control of musical parameters. This novel interface explores ways in which one might treat music as a sheet of cloth. This paper proposes an approach to engage simple technologies for supporting ordinary hand interactions. We show that this combination of basic technology with general tactile movements can result in an expressive musical interface. a

Citation:

Angela Chang, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2007. Zstretch : A Stretchy Fabric Music Controller. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177067

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Chang2007,
 abstract = {FigureWe present Zstretch, a textile music controller that supports expressive haptic interactions. The musical controller takes advantage of the fabric's topological constraints to enable proportional control of musical parameters. This novel interface explores ways in which one might treat music as a sheet of cloth. This paper proposes an approach to engage simple technologies for supporting ordinary hand interactions. We show that this combination of basic technology with general tactile movements can result in an expressive musical interface. a},
 address = {New York City, NY, United States},
 author = {Chang, Angela and Ishii, Hiroshi},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177067},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Tangible interfaces, textiles, tactile design, musical expressivity },
 pages = {46--49},
 title = {Zstretch : A Stretchy Fabric Music Controller},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2007/nime2007_046.pdf},
 year = {2007}
}