Reshaping Time - Exploring grid interfaces for ansiorhythmic patterns

Adam Tindale, and Colin Clark

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Grid layouts are popular in music controllers. While they are excellent for many tasks, they usually require a predefinition of a single subdivision to be represented. In this paper we explore techniques for visually representing rhythmic phrases that have multiple subdivisions and tuplet groupings within a grid interface. The paper proposes an ansiorhythmic grid notation system for expressing rhythms that may vary their length, subdivision or phase within a grid structure that has historically been limited to one subdivision per sequence. A proof-of-concept Max/MSP demonstrates a tactile interface for a polyrhythmic, polymetric, and polyphasic sequencer.

Citation:

Adam Tindale, and Colin Clark. 2024. Reshaping Time - Exploring grid interfaces for ansiorhythmic patterns. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13904860

BibTeX Entry:

  @article{nime2024_44,
 abstract = {Grid layouts are popular in music controllers. While they are excellent for many tasks, they usually require a predefinition of a single subdivision to be represented. In this paper we explore techniques for visually representing rhythmic phrases that have multiple subdivisions and tuplet groupings within a grid interface. The paper proposes an ansiorhythmic grid notation system for expressing rhythms that may vary their length, subdivision or phase within a grid structure that has historically been limited to one subdivision per sequence. A proof-of-concept Max/MSP demonstrates a tactile interface for a polyrhythmic, polymetric, and polyphasic sequencer. },
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {44},
 author = {Adam Tindale and Colin Clark},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.13904860},
 editor = {S M Astrid Bin and Courtney N. Reed},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {4},
 pages = {302--305},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/VFYrzlixpmU?si=OV_FC0a85BZ8nc0A},
 title = {Reshaping Time - Exploring grid interfaces for ansiorhythmic patterns},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_44.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}