Problems and Prospects for Intimate Musical Control of Computers

David Wessel, and Matthew Wright

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

In this paper we describe our efforts towards the development of live performance computer-based musical instrumentation. Our design criteria include initial ease of use coupled with a long term potential for virtuosity,minimal and low variance latency, and clear and simple strategies for programming the relationship between gesture and musical result. We present custom controllers and unique adaptations of standard gestural interfaces, a programmable connectivity processor, a communications protocol called Open Sound Control(OSC), and a variety of metaphors for musical control. We further describe applications of our technology to a variety of real musical performances and directions for future research.

Citation:

David Wessel, and Matthew Wright. 2001. Problems and Prospects for Intimate Musical Control of Computers. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176382

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Wessel2001,
 abstract = {In this paper we describe our efforts towards the development of live performance computer-based musical instrumentation. Our design criteria include initial ease of use coupled with a long term potential for virtuosity,minimal and low variance latency, and clear and simple strategies for programming the relationship between gesture and musical result. We present custom controllers and unique adaptations of standard gestural interfaces, a programmable connectivity processor, a communications protocol called Open Sound Control(OSC), and a variety of metaphors for musical control. We further describe applications of our technology to a variety of real musical performances and directions for future research.},
 address = {Seattle, WA},
 author = {Wessel, David and Wright, Matthew},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 date = {1-2 April, 2001},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176382},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {communications protocols,gestural controllers,latency,musical,reactive computing,signal processing},
 pages = {11--14},
 title = {Problems and Prospects for Intimate Musical Control of Computers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2001/nime2001_011.pdf},
 year = {2001}
}