Tok! : A Collaborative Acoustic Instrument using Mobile Phones

Sang Won Lee, Ajay Srinivasamurthy, Gregoire Tronel, Weibin Shen, and Jason Freeman

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Tok! is a collaborative acoustic instrument application for iOS devices aimed at real time percussive music making in a colocated setup. It utilizes the mobility of hand-held devices and transforms them into drumsticks to tap on flat surfaces and produce acoustic music. Tok! is also networked and consists of a shared interactive music score to which the players tap their phones, creating a percussion ensemble. Through their social interaction and real-time modifications to the music score, and through their creative selection of tapping surfaces, the players can collaborate and dynamically create interesting rhythmic music with a variety of timbres.

Citation

Sang Won Lee, Ajay Srinivasamurthy, Gregoire Tronel, Weibin Shen, and Jason Freeman. 2012. Tok! : A Collaborative Acoustic Instrument using Mobile Phones. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178317

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Lee2012b,
 abstract = {Tok! is a collaborative acoustic instrument application for iOS devices aimed at real time percussive music making in a colocated setup. It utilizes the mobility of hand-held devices and transforms them into drumsticks to tap on flat surfaces and produce acoustic music. Tok! is also networked and consists of a shared interactive music score to which the players tap their phones, creating a percussion ensemble. Through their social interaction and real-time modifications to the music score, and through their creative selection of tapping surfaces, the players can collaborate and dynamically create interesting rhythmic music with a variety of timbres.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
 author = {Sang Won Lee and Ajay Srinivasamurthy and Gregoire Tronel and Weibin Shen and Jason Freeman},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178317},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Mobile Phones, Collaboration, Social Interaction, Acoustic Musical Instrument},
 publisher = {University of Michigan},
 title = {Tok! : A Collaborative Acoustic Instrument using Mobile Phones},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_61.pdf},
 year = {2012}
}