Don't Forget the Laptop : Using Native Input Capabilities for Expressive Musical Control

Rebecca Fiebrink, Ge Wang, and Perry R. Cook

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

We draw on our experiences with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra to discuss novel uses of the laptop’s native physical inputs for flexible and expressive control. We argue that instruments designed using these built-in inputs offer benefits over custom standalone controllers, particularly in certain group performance settings; creatively thinking about native capabilities can lead to interesting and unique new interfaces. We discuss a variety of example instruments that use the laptop’s native capabilities and suggest avenues for future work. We also describe a new toolkit for rapidly experimenting with these capabilities.

Citation:

Rebecca Fiebrink, Ge Wang, and Perry R. Cook. 2007. Don't Forget the Laptop : Using Native Input Capabilities for Expressive Musical Control. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177087

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Fiebrink2007,
 abstract = {We draw on our experiences with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra to discuss novel uses of the laptop’s native physical inputs for flexible and expressive control. We argue that instruments designed using these built-in inputs offer benefits over custom standalone controllers, particularly in certain group performance settings; creatively thinking about native capabilities can lead to interesting and unique new interfaces. We discuss a variety of example instruments that use the laptop’s native capabilities and suggest avenues for future work. We also describe a new toolkit for rapidly experimenting with these capabilities.},
 address = {New York City, NY, United States},
 author = {Fiebrink, Rebecca and Wang, Ge and Cook, Perry R.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177087},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Mapping strategies. Laptop-based physical interfaces. Collaborative laptop performance.},
 pages = {164--167},
 title = {Don't Forget the Laptop : Using Native Input Capabilities for Expressive Musical Control},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2007/nime2007_164.pdf},
 year = {2007}
}