Tools and Techniques for the Maintenance and Support of Digital Musical Instruments
Albert-Ngabo Niyonsenga, and Marcelo Wanderley
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
- Year: 2023
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Track: Papers
- Pages: 212–218
- Article Number: 30
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11189159 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:
There are multiple barriers to the long term use of digital musical instruments. Among several issues related to instrument accessibility, many DMIs remain as prototypes in research labs never becoming a robust and stable instrument. Technical support is an important part of the long term use of a DMI. Though all musical instruments can eventually break, managing how they are going to be fixed and built within a research organisation can help with the continued usage of the instrument. We apply reliability analysis techniques to estimate the reliability, availability and maintainability characteristics of the T-Stick. Using these characteristics we estimate the amount of spare parts needed to maintain a 99% availability target for the T-Stick. This analysis provides insights on expected maintenance time, costs, and personnel needed when supporting and building DMIs.
Citation:
Albert-Ngabo Niyonsenga, and Marcelo Wanderley. 2023. Tools and Techniques for the Maintenance and Support of Digital Musical Instruments. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11189159BibTeX Entry:
@inproceedings{nime2023_30, abstract = {There are multiple barriers to the long term use of digital musical instruments. Among several issues related to instrument accessibility, many DMIs remain as prototypes in research labs never becoming a robust and stable instrument. Technical support is an important part of the long term use of a DMI. Though all musical instruments can eventually break, managing how they are going to be fixed and built within a research organisation can help with the continued usage of the instrument. We apply reliability analysis techniques to estimate the reliability, availability and maintainability characteristics of the T-Stick. Using these characteristics we estimate the amount of spare parts needed to maintain a 99% availability target for the T-Stick. This analysis provides insights on expected maintenance time, costs, and personnel needed when supporting and building DMIs.}, address = {Mexico City, Mexico}, articleno = {30}, author = {Albert-Ngabo Niyonsenga and Marcelo Wanderley}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.11189159}, editor = {Miguel Ortiz and Adnan Marquez-Borbon}, issn = {2220-4806}, month = {May}, numpages = {7}, pages = {212--218}, title = {Tools and Techniques for the Maintenance and Support of Digital Musical Instruments}, track = {Papers}, url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2023/nime2023_30.pdf}, year = {2023} }