The T-Stick : From Musical Interface to Musical Instrument

Joseph Malloch, and Marcelo M. Wanderley

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This paper describes the T-Stick, a new family of digitalmusical instruments. It presents the motivation behind theproject, hardware and software design, and presents insightsgained through collaboration with performers who have collectively practised and performed with the T-Stick for hundreds of hours, and with composers who have written piecesfor the instrument in the context of McGill University's Digital Orchestra project. Each of the T-Sticks is based on thesame general structure and sensing platform, but each alsodiffers from its siblings in size, weight, timbre and range.

Citation

Joseph Malloch, and Marcelo M. Wanderley. 2007. The T-Stick : From Musical Interface to Musical Instrument. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177175

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Malloch2007,
 abstract = {This paper describes the T-Stick, a new family of digitalmusical instruments. It presents the motivation behind theproject, hardware and software design, and presents insightsgained through collaboration with performers who have collectively practised and performed with the T-Stick for hundreds of hours, and with composers who have written piecesfor the instrument in the context of McGill University's Digital Orchestra project. Each of the T-Sticks is based on thesame general structure and sensing platform, but each alsodiffers from its siblings in size, weight, timbre and range.},
 address = {New York City, NY, United States},
 author = {Malloch, Joseph and Wanderley, Marcelo M.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177175},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {gestural controller, digital musical instrument, families of instruments },
 pages = {66--69},
 title = {The T-Stick : From Musical Interface to Musical Instrument},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2007/nime2007_066.pdf},
 year = {2007}
}