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Oto-Shigure : An Umbrella-Shaped Sound Generator for Musical Expression

Yusuke Kamiyama, Mai Tanaka, and Hiroya Tanaka

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

In this paper we introduce Oto-Shigure, an umbrella-shaped sound generator for musical expression. Attention of the music computing community hasn't been focusing on sound output but sound input.However, we argue that in order to make highly expressive sounds, it is significant to increase methods for sound output. Therefore, we developed the new sound-generating device for variety of musical expressions. Oto-Shigure provides two experiences for the user; feel the sounds as if you are bathing in the rain, and easily arrange the rotation of sounds above the umbrella by controlling the sound localization. This is a device not just for musicians but also non-musicians.

Citation

Yusuke Kamiyama, Mai Tanaka, and Hiroya Tanaka. 2008. Oto-Shigure : An Umbrella-Shaped Sound Generator for Musical Expression. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179575 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry


@inproceedings{nime2008_Kamiyama,
author = {Kamiyama, Yusuke and Tanaka, Mai and Tanaka, Hiroya},
title = {Oto-Shigure : An Umbrella-Shaped Sound Generator for Musical Expression},
pages = {352--353},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
year = {2008},
address = {Genoa, Italy},
issn = {2220-4806},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179575},
url = {https://nime.org/proceedings/2008/nime2008_352.pdf},
keywords = {umbrella, musical expression, sound generating device, 3D sound system, sound-field arrangement. },
abstract = {In this paper we introduce Oto-Shigure, an umbrella-shaped sound generator for musical expression. Attention of the music computing community hasn't been focusing on sound output but sound input.However, we argue that in order to make highly expressive sounds, it is significant to increase methods for sound output. Therefore, we developed the new sound-generating device for variety of musical expressions. Oto-Shigure provides two experiences for the user; feel the sounds as if you are bathing in the rain, and easily arrange the rotation of sounds above the umbrella by controlling the sound localization. This is a device not just for musicians but also non-musicians.}
}