``Old'' is the New ``New'': a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy

Adrian Freed, John MacCallum, and Sam Mansfield

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper positively addresses the problem that most NIME devices are ephemeralasting long enough to signal academic and technical prowess but rarely longerthan a few musical performances. We offer a case study that shows thatlongevity of use depends on stabilizing the interface and innovating theimplementation to maintain the required performance of the controller for theplayer.

Citation:

Adrian Freed, John MacCallum, and Sam Mansfield. 2013. ``Old'' is the New ``New'': a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178524

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Freed2013a,
 abstract = {This paper positively addresses the problem that most NIME devices are ephemeralasting long enough to signal academic and technical prowess but rarely longerthan a few musical performances. We offer a case study that shows thatlongevity of use depends on stabilizing the interface and innovating theimplementation to maintain the required performance of the controller for theplayer.},
 address = {Daejeon, Republic of Korea},
 author = {Adrian Freed and John MacCallum and Sam Mansfield},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178524},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Fingerboard controller, Best practices, Recrudescence, Organology, Unobtainium},
 month = {May},
 pages = {441--445},
 publisher = {Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST},
 title = {``Old'' is the New ``New'': a Fingerboard Case Study in Recrudescence as a NIME Development Strategy},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2013/nime2013_265.pdf},
 year = {2013}
}