Making Sound Synthesis Accessible for Children

Christoph Trappe

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Keywords: Child Computer Interaction, Constructionism, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interface Design, Mu-sic Composition and Generation, Interactive Audio Sys-tems, Technology Design Activities.
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178439 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

In this paper we present our project to make sound synthesis and music controller construction accessible to children in a technology design workshop. We present the work we have carried out to develop a graphical user interface, and give account of the workshop we conducted in collaboration with a local primary school. Our results indicate that the production of audio events by means of digital synthesis and algorithmic composition provides a rich and interesting field to be discovered for pedagogical workshops taking a Constructionist approach.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Trappe2012,
 abstract = {In this paper we present our project to make sound synthesis and music controller construction accessible to children in a technology design workshop. We present the work we have carried out to develop a graphical user interface, and give account of the workshop we conducted in collaboration with a local primary school. Our results indicate that the production of audio events by means of digital synthesis and algorithmic composition provides a rich and interesting field to be discovered for pedagogical workshops taking a Constructionist approach.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
 author = {Christoph Trappe},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178439},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Child Computer Interaction, Constructionism, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interface Design, Mu-sic Composition and Generation, Interactive Audio Sys-tems, Technology Design Activities.},
 publisher = {University of Michigan},
 title = {Making Sound Synthesis Accessible for Children},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_181.pdf},
 year = {2012}
}