Ping-Pong: Musically Discovering Locations

Hyung Suk Kim, Jorge Herrera, and Ge Wang

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

A recently developed system that uses pitched sounds to discover relative 3D positions of a group of devices located in the same physical space is described. The measurements are coordinated over an IP network in a decentralized manner, while the actual measurements are carried out measuring the time-of-flight of the notes played by different devices. Approaches to sonify the discovery process are discussed. A specific instantiation of the system is described in detail. The melody is specified in the form of a score, available to every device in the network. The system performs the melody by playing different notes consecutively on different devices, keeping a consistent timing, while carrying out the inter-device measurements necessary to discover the geometrical configuration of the devices in the physical space.

Citation

Hyung Suk Kim, Jorge Herrera, and Ge Wang. 2014. Ping-Pong: Musically Discovering Locations. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178831

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{jherrera2014,
 abstract = {A recently developed system that uses pitched sounds to discover relative 3D positions of a group of devices located in the same physical space is described. The measurements are coordinated over an IP network in a decentralized manner, while the actual measurements are carried out measuring the time-of-flight of the notes played by different devices. Approaches to sonify the discovery process are discussed. A specific instantiation of the system is described in detail. The melody is specified in the form of a score, available to every device in the network. The system performs the melody by playing different notes consecutively on different devices, keeping a consistent timing, while carrying out the inter-device measurements necessary to discover the geometrical configuration of the devices in the physical space.},
 address = {London, United Kingdom},
 author = {Hyung Suk Kim and Jorge Herrera and Ge Wang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178831},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {273--276},
 publisher = {Goldsmiths, University of London},
 title = {Ping-Pong: Musically Discovering Locations},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2014/nime2014_550.pdf},
 year = {2014}
}