Radear: A Tangible Spinning Music Sequencer

Daniel Gábana Arellano, and Andrew McPherson

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This paper presents a new circular tangible interface where one or multiple users can collaborate and interact in real time by placing and moving passive wooden pucks on a transparent tabletop in order to create music. The design encourages physical intuition and visual feedback on the music being created. An arm with six optical sensors rotates beneath a transparent surface, triggering sounds based on the objects placed above. The interface's simplicity and tangibility make it easy to learn and suitable for a broad range of users.

Citation

Daniel Gábana Arellano, and Andrew McPherson. 2014. Radear: A Tangible Spinning Music Sequencer. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178704 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{dgabanaarellano2014,
 abstract = {This paper presents a new circular tangible interface where one or multiple users can collaborate and interact in real time by placing and moving passive wooden pucks on a transparent tabletop in order to create music. The design encourages physical intuition and visual feedback on the music being created. An arm with six optical sensors rotates beneath a transparent surface, triggering sounds based on the objects placed above. The interface's simplicity and tangibility make it easy to learn and suitable for a broad range of users.},
 address = {London, United Kingdom},
 author = {Daniel G\'abana Arellano and Andrew McPherson},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178704},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {84--85},
 publisher = {Goldsmiths, University of London},
 title = {Radear: A Tangible Spinning Music Sequencer},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2014/nime2014_324.pdf},
 year = {2014}
}