Brushing Interface - DIY multi-touch interface for expressive gestural performance

Jaehoon Choi

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This paper presents the design of the Brushing Interface, which aims to transform brushing gestures into a genuine and expressive musical/sonic performance. To achieve this, a hardware system consisting of a grid of 216 self-made force sensitive resistor(FSR) sensors and 8 piezo microphones was implemented, which enables high-fidelity gesture tracking and sound production closely tied with brushing gestures. The hardware system, including the sensor itself, was made in a DIY approach, which provides an economical and high-quality design strategy for implementing a multi-touch interface. Moreover, it is combined with a unique gesture mapping strategy that integrates multi-dimensional parameter mapping and continuous gesture tracking, enabling an expressive performance that is highly flexible to configure in various settings.

Citation

Jaehoon Choi. 2023. Brushing Interface - DIY multi-touch interface for expressive gestural performance. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11189148 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2023_25,
 abstract = {This paper presents the design of the Brushing Interface, which aims to transform brushing gestures into a genuine and expressive musical/sonic performance. To achieve this, a hardware system consisting of a grid of 216 self-made force sensitive resistor(FSR) sensors and 8 piezo microphones was implemented, which enables high-fidelity gesture tracking and sound production closely tied with brushing gestures. The hardware system, including the sensor itself, was made in a DIY approach, which provides an economical and high-quality design strategy for implementing a multi-touch interface. Moreover, it is combined with a unique gesture mapping strategy that integrates multi-dimensional parameter mapping and continuous gesture tracking, enabling an expressive performance that is highly flexible to configure in various settings.},
 address = {Mexico City, Mexico},
 articleno = {25},
 author = {Jaehoon Choi},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.11189148},
 editor = {Miguel Ortiz and Adnan Marquez-Borbon},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 numpages = {6},
 pages = {180--185},
 title = {Brushing Interface - DIY multi-touch interface for expressive gestural performance},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2023/nime2023_25.pdf},
 year = {2023}
}