MusicGrip : A Writing Instrument for Music Control

Nan-Wei Gong, Mat Laibowitz, and Joseph A. Paradiso

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2009
• Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
• Pages: 74–77
• Keywords: Interactive music control, writing instrument, pen controller, MIDI, group performing activity.
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177555 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

In this project, we have developed a real-time writing instrument for music control. The controller, MusicGrip, can capture the subtle dynamics of the user's grip while writing or drawing and map this to musical control signals and sonic outputs. This paper discusses this conversion of the common motor motion of handwriting into an innovative form of music expression. The presented example instrument can be used to integrate the composing aspect of music with painting and writing, creating a new art form from the resultant aural and visual representation of the collaborative performing process.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Gong2009,
 abstract = {In this project, we have developed a real-time writing instrument for music control. The controller, MusicGrip, can capture the subtle dynamics of the user's grip while writing or drawing and map this to musical control signals and sonic outputs. This paper discusses this conversion of the common motor motion of handwriting into an innovative form of music expression. The presented example instrument can be used to integrate the composing aspect of music with painting and writing, creating a new art form from the resultant aural and visual representation of the collaborative performing process. },
 address = {Pittsburgh, PA, United States},
 author = {Gong, Nan-Wei and Laibowitz, Mat and Paradiso, Joseph A.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177555},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Interactive music control, writing instrument, pen controller, MIDI, group performing activity. },
 pages = {74--77},
 title = {MusicGrip : A Writing Instrument for Music Control},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2009/nime2009_074.pdf},
 year = {2009}
}