L'UPIC Ludique

Simon Blackmore

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

L’UPIC Ludique reimagines Xenakis' UPIC (Unité Polyagogique Informatique CEMAMu) instrument as a children’s toy. With its stripped-back, simple, minimal wooden interface, raw audio waveforms can be drawn and manipulated. Different coloured pencils can control various layers of the composition, from drawing audio waveforms to manipulating other parameters and employing compositional techniques such as granular synthesis.

Citation

Simon Blackmore. 2024. L'UPIC Ludique. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15028075

BibTeX Entry

@article{nime2024_music_30,
 abstract = {L’UPIC Ludique reimagines Xenakis' UPIC (Unité Polyagogique Informatique CEMAMu) instrument as a children’s toy. With its stripped-back, simple, minimal wooden interface, raw audio waveforms can be drawn and manipulated. Different coloured pencils can control various layers of the composition, from drawing audio waveforms to manipulating other parameters and employing compositional techniques such as granular synthesis.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {30},
 author = {Simon Blackmore},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15028075},
 editor = {Laurel Smith Pardue and Palle Dahlstedt},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {2},
 pages = {102--103},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/NSbDbgL3gOE},
 title = {L'UPIC Ludique},
 track = {Music},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_music_30.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}