The Robotic Taishogoto: A New Plug 'n Play Desktop Performance Instrument

Jason Long

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper describes the Robotic Taishogoto, a new robotic musical instrument for performance, musical installations, and educational purposes. The primary goals of its creation is to provide an easy to use, cost effective, compact and integrated acoustic instrument which is fully automated and controllable via standard MIDI commands. This paper describes the technical details of its design and implementation including the mechanics, electronics and firmware. It also outlines various control methodologies and use cases for the instrument.

Citation:

Jason Long. 2014. The Robotic Taishogoto: A New Plug 'n Play Desktop Performance Instrument. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178853

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{jlong2014,
 abstract = {This paper describes the Robotic Taishogoto, a new robotic musical instrument for performance, musical installations, and educational purposes. The primary goals of its creation is to provide an easy to use, cost effective, compact and integrated acoustic instrument which is fully automated and controllable via standard MIDI commands. This paper describes the technical details of its design and implementation including the mechanics, electronics and firmware. It also outlines various control methodologies and use cases for the instrument.},
 address = {London, United Kingdom},
 author = {Jason Long},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178853},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {479--482},
 publisher = {Goldsmiths, University of London},
 title = {The Robotic Taishogoto: A New Plug 'n Play Desktop Performance Instrument},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2014/nime2014_313.pdf},
 year = {2014}
}