New Interfaces for Spatial Musical Expression

Ivica I Bukvic, Disha Sardana, and Woohun Joo

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

With the proliferation of venues equipped with the high density loudspeaker arrays there is a growing interest in developing new interfaces for spatial musical expression (NISME). Of particular interest are interfaces that focus on the emancipation of the spatial domain as the primary dimension for musical expression. Here we present Monet NISME that leverages multitouch pressure-sensitive surface and the D4 library's spatial mask and thereby allows for a unique approach to interactive spatialization. Further, we present a study with 22 participants designed to assess its usefulness and compare it to the Locus, a NISME introduced in 2019 as part of a localization study which is built on the same design principles of using natural gestural interaction with the spatial content. Lastly, we briefly discuss the utilization of both NISMEs in two artistic performances and propose a set of guidelines for further exploration in the NISME domain.

Citation:

Ivica I Bukvic, Disha Sardana, and Woohun Joo. 2020. New Interfaces for Spatial Musical Expression. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4813342

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME20_47,
 abstract = {With the proliferation of venues equipped with the high density loudspeaker arrays there is a growing interest in developing new interfaces for spatial musical expression (NISME). Of particular interest are interfaces that focus on the emancipation of the spatial domain as the primary dimension for musical expression. Here we present Monet NISME that leverages multitouch pressure-sensitive surface and the D4 library's spatial mask and thereby allows for a unique approach to interactive spatialization. Further, we present a study with 22 participants designed to assess its usefulness and compare it to the Locus, a NISME introduced in 2019 as part of a localization study which is built on the same design principles of using natural gestural interaction with the spatial content. Lastly, we briefly discuss the utilization of both NISMEs in two artistic performances and propose a set of guidelines for further exploration in the NISME domain.},
 address = {Birmingham, UK},
 author = {Bukvic, Ivica I and Sardana, Disha and Joo, Woohun},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.4813342},
 editor = {Romain Michon and Franziska Schroeder},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {July},
 pages = {249--254},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/GQ0552Lc1rw},
 publisher = {Birmingham City University},
 title = {New Interfaces for Spatial Musical Expression},
 url = {https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2020/nime2020_paper47.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}