Using a Pursuit Tracking Task to Compare Continuous Control of Various NIME Sensors

Michael Blandino, and Edgar Berdahl

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This study investigates how accurately users can continuously control a variety of one degree of freedom sensors commonly used in electronic music interfaces. Analysis within an information-theoretic model yields channel capacities of maximum information throughput in bits/sec that can support a unified comparison. The results may inform the design of digital musical instruments and the design of systems with similarly demanding control tasks.

Citation

Michael Blandino, and Edgar Berdahl. 2021. Using a Pursuit Tracking Task to Compare Continuous Control of Various NIME Sensors. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.c2b5a672

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{NIME21_78,
 abstract = {This study investigates how accurately users can continuously control a variety of one degree of freedom sensors commonly used in electronic music interfaces. Analysis within an information-theoretic model yields channel capacities of maximum information throughput in bits/sec that can support a unified comparison. The results may inform the design of digital musical instruments and the design of systems with similarly demanding control tasks.},
 address = {Shanghai, China},
 articleno = {78},
 author = {Blandino, Michael and Berdahl, Edgar},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.c2b5a672},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/-p7mp3LFsQg},
 title = {Using a Pursuit Tracking Task to Compare Continuous Control of Various NIME Sensors},
 url = {https://nime.pubpub.org/pub/using-a-pursuit-tracking-task-to-compare-continuous-control-of-various-nime-sensors},
 year = {2021}
}