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}
}