Evolving Tooka: from Experiment to Instrument

Sidney S. Fels, Linda Kaastra, Sachiyo Takahashi, and Graeme Mccaig

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

The Tooka was created as an exploration of two personinstruments. We have worked with two Tooka performers toenhance the original experimental device to make a musicalinstrument played and enjoyed by them. The main additions tothe device include: an additional button that behaves as amusic capture button, a bend sensor, an additional thumbactuated pressure sensor for vibrato, additional musicalmapping strategies, and new interfacing hardware. Thesedevelopments a rose through exper iences andrecommendations from the musicians playing it. In addition tothe changes to the Tooka, this paper describes the learningprocess and experiences of the musicians performing with theTooka.

Citation:

Sidney S. Fels, Linda Kaastra, Sachiyo Takahashi, and Graeme Mccaig. 2004. Evolving Tooka: from Experiment to Instrument. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176595

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Fels2004,
 abstract = {The Tooka was created as an exploration of two personinstruments. We have worked with two Tooka performers toenhance the original experimental device to make a musicalinstrument played and enjoyed by them. The main additions tothe device include: an additional button that behaves as amusic capture button, a bend sensor, an additional thumbactuated pressure sensor for vibrato, additional musicalmapping strategies, and new interfacing hardware. Thesedevelopments a rose through exper iences andrecommendations from the musicians playing it. In addition tothe changes to the Tooka, this paper describes the learningprocess and experiences of the musicians performing with theTooka.},
 address = {Hamamatsu, Japan},
 author = {Fels, Sidney S. and Kaastra, Linda and Takahashi, Sachiyo and Mccaig, Graeme},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176595},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Musician-centred design, two-person musical instrument.},
 pages = {1--6},
 title = {Evolving Tooka: from Experiment to Instrument},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2004/nime2004_001.pdf},
 year = {2004}
}