Kinéphone: Exploring the Musical Potential of an Actuated Pin-Based Shape Display

Xiao Xiao, Donald Derek Haddad, Thomas Sanchez, Akito van Troyer, Rébecca Kleinberger, Penny Webb, Joe Paradiso, Tod Machover, and Hiroshi Ishii

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2016
• Location: Brisbane, Australia
• Track: Papers
• Pages: 259–264
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176145 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

This paper explores how an actuated pin-based shape display may serve as a platform on which to build musical instruments and controllers. We designed and prototyped three new instruments that use the shape display not only as an input device, but also as a source of acoustic sound. These cover a range of interaction paradigms to generate ambient textures, polyrhythms, and melodies. This paper first presents existing work from which we drew interactions and metaphors for our designs. We then introduce each of our instruments and the back-end software we used to prototype them. Finally, we offer reflections on some central themes of NIME, including the relationship between musician and machine.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Xiao2016,
 abstract = {This paper explores how an actuated pin-based shape display may
serve as a platform on which to build musical instruments and controllers. We
designed and prototyped three new instruments that use the shape display not only
as an input device, but also as a source of acoustic sound. These cover a range
of interaction paradigms to generate ambient textures, polyrhythms, and melodies.
This paper first presents existing work from which we drew interactions and
metaphors for our designs. We then introduce each of our instruments and the
back-end software we used to prototype them. Finally, we offer reflections on
some central themes of NIME, including the relationship between musician and
machine.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Xiao Xiao and Donald Derek Haddad and Thomas Sanchez and Akito van Troyer and R\'{e}becca Kleinberger and Penny Webb and Joe Paradiso and Tod Machover and Hiroshi Ishii},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176145},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {259--264},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Kin\'{e}phone: Exploring the Musical Potential of an Actuated Pin-Based Shape Display},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0051.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}