Tangle: a Flexible Framework for Performance with Advanced Robotic Musical Instruments

Paul Mathews, Ness Morris, Jim Murphy, Ajay Kapur, and Dale Carnegie

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Networked musical performance using networks of computers for live performance of electronic music has evolved over a number of decades but has tended to rely upon customized and highly specialized software designed specifically for particular artistic goals. This paper presents Tangle, a flexible software framework designed to provide a basis for performance on any number of distinct instruments. The network includes features to simplify the control of robotic instruments, such as automated latency compensation and self-testing, while being simple to extend in order to implement device-specific logic and failsafes. Tangle has been tested on two diverse systems incorporating a number of unique and complex mechatronic instruments.

Citation:

Paul Mathews, Ness Morris, Jim Murphy, Ajay Kapur, and Dale Carnegie. 2014. Tangle: a Flexible Framework for Performance with Advanced Robotic Musical Instruments. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178867

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{pmathews2014,
 abstract = {Networked musical performance using networks of computers for live performance of electronic music has evolved over a number of decades but has tended to rely upon customized and highly specialized software designed specifically for particular artistic goals. This paper presents Tangle, a flexible software framework designed to provide a basis for performance on any number of distinct instruments. The network includes features to simplify the control of robotic instruments, such as automated latency compensation and self-testing, while being simple to extend in order to implement device-specific logic and failsafes. Tangle has been tested on two diverse systems incorporating a number of unique and complex mechatronic instruments.},
 address = {London, United Kingdom},
 author = {Paul Mathews and Ness Morris and Jim Murphy and Ajay Kapur and Dale Carnegie},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178867},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {187--190},
 publisher = {Goldsmiths, University of London},
 title = {Tangle: a Flexible Framework for Performance with Advanced Robotic Musical Instruments},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2014/nime2014_314.pdf},
 year = {2014}
}