Resonant Bits: Controlling Digital Musical Instruments with Resonance and the Ideomotor Effect

Peter Bennett, Jarrod Knibbe, Florent Berthaut, and Kirsten Cater

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Resonant Bits proposes giving digital information resonant dynamic properties, requiring skill and concerted effort for interaction. This paper applies resonant interaction to musical control, exploring musical instruments that are controlled through both purposeful and subconscious resonance. We detail three exploratory prototypes, the first two illustrating the use of resonant gestures and the third focusing on the detection and use of the ideomotor (subconscious micro-movement) effect.

Citation:

Peter Bennett, Jarrod Knibbe, Florent Berthaut, and Kirsten Cater. 2015. Resonant Bits: Controlling Digital Musical Instruments with Resonance and the Ideomotor Effect. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179020

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{pbennett2015,
 abstract = {Resonant Bits proposes giving digital information resonant dynamic properties, requiring skill and concerted effort for interaction. This paper applies resonant interaction to musical control, exploring musical instruments that are controlled through both purposeful and subconscious resonance. We detail three exploratory prototypes, the first two illustrating the use of resonant gestures and the third focusing on the detection and use of the ideomotor (subconscious micro-movement) effect.},
 address = {Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA},
 author = {Peter Bennett and Jarrod Knibbe and Florent Berthaut and Kirsten Cater},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179020},
 editor = {Edgar Berdahl and Jesse Allison},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 pages = {176--177},
 publisher = {Louisiana State University},
 title = {Resonant Bits: Controlling Digital Musical Instruments with Resonance and the Ideomotor Effect},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/nime2015_235.pdf},
 urlsuppl1 = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/235/0235-file1.mp4},
 year = {2015}
}