Sensor Technology and the Remaking of Instruments from the Past

Emmanuelle Gallin, and Marc Sirguy

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Starting from a parallelism between the effervescence of the 1920s in the exploration of new ways of controlling music and the actual revolution in the design of new control possibilities, this paper aims to explore the possibilities of rethinking instruments from the past towards instruments of the future. Through three examples (the experience of the Persephone, the design of the Persephone2 and the 4 strings ribbon cello project), I will explore the contemporary notion of “instruments of the future” vs. controls that people expect from such instruments nowadays.

Citation:

Emmanuelle Gallin, and Marc Sirguy. 2009. Sensor Technology and the Remaking of Instruments from the Past. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177521

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Gallin2009,
 abstract = {Starting from a parallelism between the effervescence of the 1920s in the exploration of new ways of controlling music and the actual revolution in the design of new control possibilities, this paper aims to explore the possibilities of rethinking instruments from the past towards instruments of the future. Through three examples (the experience of the Persephone, the design of the Persephone2 and the 4 strings ribbon cello project), I will explore the contemporary notion of “instruments of the future” vs. controls that people expect from such instruments nowadays.},
 address = {Pittsburgh, PA, United States},
 author = {Gallin, Emmanuelle and Sirguy, Marc},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177521},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Controller, Sensor, MIDI, USB, Computer Music, ribbon controllers, ribbon cello. },
 pages = {199--202},
 title = {Sensor Technology and the Remaking of Instruments from the Past},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2009/nime2009_199.pdf},
 year = {2009}
}