Making Mappings: Examining the Design Process

Travis J West, Marcelo Wanderley, and Baptiste Caramiaux

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

We conducted a study which examines mappings from a relatively unexplored perspective: how they are made. Twelve skilled NIME users designed a mapping from a T-Stick to a subtractive synthesizer, and were interviewed about their approach to mapping design. We present a thematic analysis of the interviews, with reference to data recordings captured while the designers worked. Our results suggest that the mapping design process is an iterative process that alternates between two working modes: diffuse exploration and directed experimentation.

Citation:

Travis J West, Marcelo Wanderley, and Baptiste Caramiaux. 2020. Making Mappings: Examining the Design Process. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4813365

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME20_55,
 abstract = {We conducted a study which examines mappings from a relatively unexplored perspective: how they are made. Twelve skilled NIME users designed a mapping from a T-Stick to a subtractive synthesizer, and were interviewed about their approach to mapping design. We present a thematic analysis of the interviews, with reference to data recordings captured while the designers worked. Our results suggest that the mapping design process is an iterative process that alternates between two working modes: diffuse exploration and directed experimentation.  },
 address = {Birmingham, UK},
 author = {West, Travis J and Wanderley, Marcelo and Caramiaux, Baptiste},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.4813365},
 editor = {Romain Michon and Franziska Schroeder},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {July},
 pages = {291--296},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/aaoResYjqmE},
 publisher = {Birmingham City University},
 title = {Making Mappings: Examining the Design Process},
 url = {https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2020/nime2020_paper55.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}