Non-intrusive Counter-actions: Maintaining Progressively Engaging Interactions for Music Performance

Koray Tahiroglu, Juan Carlos Vasquez, and Johan Kildal

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2016
• Location: Brisbane, Australia
• Track: Papers
• Pages: 444–449
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176131 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

In this paper we present the new development of a semi-autonomous response module for the NOISA system. NOISA is an interactive music system that predicts performer's engagement levels, learns from the performer, decides what to do and does it at the right moment. As an improvement for the above, we implemented real-time adaptive features that respond to a detailed monitoring of the performer's engagement and to overall sonic space, while evaluating the impact of its actions. Through these new features, the response module produces meaningful and non-intrusive counter actions, attempting to deepen and maintain the performer's engagement in musical interaction. In a formative study we compared our designed response module against a random control system of events, in which the former performed consistently better than the latter.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Tahironicode287lu2016,
 abstract = {In this paper we present the new development of a semi-autonomous
response module for the NOISA system. NOISA is an interactive music system that
predicts performer's engagement levels, learns from the performer, decides what
to do and does it at the right moment. As an improvement for the above, we
implemented real-time adaptive features that respond to a detailed monitoring of
the performer's engagement and to overall sonic space, while evaluating the
impact of its actions. Through these new features, the response module produces
meaningful and non-intrusive counter actions, attempting to deepen and maintain
the performer's engagement in musical interaction. In a formative study we
compared our designed response module against a random control system of events,
in which the former performed consistently better than the latter.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Koray Tahiroglu and Juan Carlos Vasquez and Johan Kildal},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176131},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {444--449},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Non-intrusive Counter-actions: Maintaining Progressively Engaging Interactions for Music Performance},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0087.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}