Designing Expressive Musical Interfaces for Tabletop Surfaces

Jordan Hochenbaum, Owen Vallis, Dimitri Diakopoulos, Jim Murphy, and Ajay Kapur

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper explores the evolution of collaborative, multi-user, musical interfaces developed for the Bricktable interactive surface. Two key types of applications are addressed: user interfaces for artistic installation and interfaces for musical performance. In describing our software, we provide insight on the methodologies and practicalities of designing interactive musical systems for tabletop surfaces. Additionally, subtleties of working with custom-designed tabletop hardware are addressed.

Citation:

Jordan Hochenbaum, Owen Vallis, Dimitri Diakopoulos, Jim Murphy, and Ajay Kapur. 2010. Designing Expressive Musical Interfaces for Tabletop Surfaces. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177807

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Hochenbaum2010a,
 abstract = {This paper explores the evolution of collaborative, multi-user, musical interfaces developed for the Bricktable interactive surface. Two key types of applications are addressed: user interfaces for artistic installation and interfaces for musical performance. In describing our software, we provide insight on the methodologies and practicalities of designing interactive musical systems for tabletop surfaces. Additionally, subtleties of working with custom-designed tabletop hardware are addressed. },
 address = {Sydney, Australia},
 author = {Hochenbaum, Jordan and Vallis, Owen and Diakopoulos, Dimitri and Murphy, Jim and Kapur, Ajay},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177807},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Bricktable, Multi-touch Interface, Tangible Interface, Generative Music, Music Information Retrieval},
 pages = {315--318},
 title = {Designing Expressive Musical Interfaces for Tabletop Surfaces},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2010/nime2010_315.pdf},
 year = {2010}
}