MetaMuse: Metaphors for Expressive Instruments

Ashley Gadd, and Sidney S. Fels

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

We explore the role that metaphor plays in developing expressive devices by examining the MetaMuse system. MetaMuse is a prop-based system that uses the metaphor of rainfall to make the process of granular synthesis understandable. We discuss MetaMuse within a framework we call ''transparency'' that can be used as a predictor of the expressivity of musical devices. Metaphor depends on a literature,or cultural basis, which forms the basis for making transparent device mappings. In this context we evaluate the effect of metaphor in the MetaMuse system.

Citation:

Ashley Gadd, and Sidney S. Fels. 2002. MetaMuse: Metaphors for Expressive Instruments. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176414

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Gadd2002,
 abstract = {We explore the role that metaphor plays in developing expressive devices by examining the MetaMuse system. MetaMuse is a prop-based system that uses the metaphor of rainfall to make the process of granular synthesis understandable. We discuss MetaMuse within a framework we call ''transparency'' that can be used as a predictor of the expressivity of musical devices. Metaphor depends on a literature,or cultural basis, which forms the basis for making transparent device mappings. In this context we evaluate the effect of metaphor in the MetaMuse system.},
 address = {Dublin, Ireland},
 author = {Gadd, Ashley and Fels, Sidney S.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 date = {24-26 May, 2002},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176414},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Expressive interface, transparency, metaphor, prop-based controller, granular synthesis.},
 pages = {65--70},
 title = {MetaMuse: Metaphors for Expressive Instruments},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2002/nime2002_065.pdf},
 year = {2002}
}