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Reshaping Time - Exploring grid interfaces for ansiorhythmic patterns

Adam Tindale, and Colin Clark

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Grid layouts are popular in music controllers. While they are excellent for many tasks, they usually require a predefinition of a single subdivision to be represented. In this paper we explore techniques for visually representing rhythmic phrases that have multiple subdivisions and tuplet groupings within a grid interface. The paper proposes an ansiorhythmic grid notation system for expressing rhythms that may vary their length, subdivision or phase within a grid structure that has historically been limited to one subdivision per sequence. A proof-of-concept Max/MSP demonstrates a tactile interface for a polyrhythmic, polymetric, and polyphasic sequencer.

Citation

Adam Tindale, and Colin Clark. 2024. Reshaping Time - Exploring grid interfaces for ansiorhythmic patterns. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13904860 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry


@inproceedings{nime2024_44,
author = {Adam Tindale and Colin Clark},
title = {Reshaping Time - Exploring grid interfaces for ansiorhythmic patterns},
pages = {302--305},
numpages = {4},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
editor = {S M Astrid Bin and Courtney N. Reed},
year = {2024},
month = {September},
address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
issn = {2220-4806},
articleno = {44},
track = {Papers},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.13904860},
url = {https://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_44.pdf},
presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/VFYrzlixpmU?si=OV_FC0a85BZ8nc0A},
abstract = {Grid layouts are popular in music controllers. While they are excellent for many tasks, they usually require a predefinition of a single subdivision to be represented. In this paper we explore techniques for visually representing rhythmic phrases that have multiple subdivisions and tuplet groupings within a grid interface. The paper proposes an ansiorhythmic grid notation system for expressing rhythms that may vary their length, subdivision or phase within a grid structure that has historically been limited to one subdivision per sequence. A proof-of-concept Max/MSP demonstrates a tactile interface for a polyrhythmic, polymetric, and polyphasic sequencer. }
}