Beatback : A Real-time Interactive Percussion System for Rhythmic Practise and Exploration

Andrew Hawryshkewich, Philippe Pasquier, and Arne Eigenfeldt

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Traditional drum machines and digital drum-kits offer users the ability to practice or perform with a supporting ensemble – such as a bass, guitar and piano – but rarely provide support in the form of an accompanying percussion part. Beatback is a system which develops upon this missing interaction through offering a MIDI enabled drum system which learns and plays in the user's style. In the contexts of rhythmic practise and exploration, Beatback looks at call-response and accompaniment models of interaction to enable new possibilities for rhythmic creativity.

Citation

Andrew Hawryshkewich, Philippe Pasquier, and Arne Eigenfeldt. 2010. Beatback : A Real-time Interactive Percussion System for Rhythmic Practise and Exploration. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177797

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Hawryshkewich2010,
 abstract = {Traditional drum machines and digital drum-kits offer users the ability to practice or perform with a supporting ensemble – such as a bass, guitar and piano – but rarely provide support in the form of an accompanying percussion part. Beatback is a system which develops upon this missing interaction through offering a MIDI enabled drum system which learns and plays in the user's style. In the contexts of rhythmic practise and exploration, Beatback looks at call-response and accompaniment models of interaction to enable new possibilities for rhythmic creativity.},
 address = {Sydney, Australia},
 author = {Hawryshkewich, Andrew and Pasquier, Philippe and Eigenfeldt, Arne},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177797},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Interactive music interface, real-time, percussion, machine learning, Markov models, MIDI.},
 pages = {100--105},
 title = {Beatback : A Real-time Interactive Percussion System for Rhythmic Practise and Exploration},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2010/nime2010_100.pdf},
 year = {2010}
}