Passively Augmenting Mobile Devices Towards Hybrid Musical Instrument Design

Romain Michon, Julius O. Smith, Matthew Wright, Chris Chafe, John Granzow, and Ge Wang

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Mobile devices constitute a generic platform to make standalone musical instruments for live performance. However, they were not designed for such use and have multiple limitations when compared to other types of instruments. We introduce a framework to quickly design and prototype passive mobile device augmentations to leverage existing features of the device for the end goal of mobile musical instruments. An extended list of examples is provided and the results of a workshop, organized partly to evaluate our framework, are provided.

Citation:

Romain Michon, Julius O. Smith, Matthew Wright, Chris Chafe, John Granzow, and Ge Wang. 2017. Passively Augmenting Mobile Devices Towards Hybrid Musical Instrument Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176155

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{rmichon2017,
 abstract = {Mobile devices constitute a generic platform to make standalone musical instruments for live performance. However, they were not designed for such use and have multiple limitations when compared to other types of instruments.  We introduce a framework to quickly design and prototype passive mobile device augmentations to leverage existing features of the device for the end goal of mobile musical instruments.  An extended list of examples is provided and the results of a workshop, organized partly to evaluate our framework, are provided.},
 address = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
 author = {Romain Michon and Julius O. Smith and Matthew Wright and Chris Chafe and John Granzow and Ge Wang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176155},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {19--24},
 publisher = {Aalborg University Copenhagen},
 title = {Passively Augmenting Mobile Devices Towards Hybrid Musical Instrument Design},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2017/nime2017_paper0004.pdf},
 year = {2017}
}