``Old'' is the New ``New'': a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy

Adrian Freed, John MacCallum, and Sam Mansfield

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This paper positively addresses the problem that most NIME devices are ephemeralasting long enough to signal academic and technical prowess but rarely longerthan a few musical performances. We offer a case study that shows thatlongevity of use depends on stabilizing the interface and innovating theimplementation to maintain the required performance of the controller for theplayer.

Citation

Adrian Freed, John MacCallum, and Sam Mansfield. 2013. ``Old'' is the New ``New'': a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178524

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Freed2013a,
 abstract = {This paper positively addresses the problem that most NIME devices are ephemeralasting long enough to signal academic and technical prowess but rarely longerthan a few musical performances. We offer a case study that shows thatlongevity of use depends on stabilizing the interface and innovating theimplementation to maintain the required performance of the controller for theplayer.},
 address = {Daejeon, Republic of Korea},
 author = {Adrian Freed and John MacCallum and Sam Mansfield},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178524},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Fingerboard controller, Best practices, Recrudescence, Organology, Unobtainium},
 month = {May},
 pages = {441--445},
 publisher = {Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST},
 title = {``Old'' is the New ``New'': a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2013/nime2013_265.pdf},
 year = {2013}
}