Fliperama: An affordable Arduino based MIDI Controller

Romulo A Vieira, and Flávio Luiz Schiavoni

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Lack of access to technological devices is a common exponent of a new form of social exclusion. Coupled with this, there are also the risk of increasing inequality between developed and underdeveloped countries when concerning technology access. Regarding Internet access, the percentage of young Africans who do not have access to this technology is around 60%, while in Europe the figure is 4%. This limitation also expands for musical instruments, whether electronic or not. In light of this worldwide problem, this paper aims to showcase a method for building a MIDI Controller, a prominent instrument for musical production and live performance, in an economically viable form that can be accessible to the poorest populations. It is also desirable that the equipment is suitable for teaching various subjects such as Music, Computer Science and Engineering. The outcome of this research is not an amazing controller or a brandy new cool interface but the experience of building a controller concerning all the bad conditions of doing it.

Citation:

Romulo A Vieira, and Flávio Luiz Schiavoni. 2020. Fliperama: An affordable Arduino based MIDI Controller. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4813424

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME20_73,
 abstract = {Lack of access to technological devices is a common exponent of a new form of social exclusion. Coupled with this, there are also the risk of increasing inequality between developed and underdeveloped countries when concerning technology access. Regarding Internet access, the percentage of young Africans who do not have access to this technology is around 60%, while in Europe the figure is 4%. This limitation also expands for musical instruments, whether electronic or not. In light of this worldwide problem, this paper aims to showcase a method for building a MIDI Controller, a prominent instrument for musical production and live performance, in an economically viable form that can be accessible to the poorest populations. It is also desirable that the equipment is suitable for teaching various subjects such as Music, Computer Science and Engineering. The  outcome of this research is not an amazing controller or a brandy new cool interface but the experience of building a controller concerning all the bad conditions of doing it.},
 address = {Birmingham, UK},
 author = {Vieira, Romulo A and Schiavoni, Flávio Luiz},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.4813424},
 editor = {Romain Michon and Franziska Schroeder},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {July},
 pages = {375--379},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/X1GE5jk2cgc},
 publisher = {Birmingham City University},
 title = {Fliperama: An affordable Arduino based MIDI Controller},
 url = {https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2020/nime2020_paper73.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}