DogDog: Soma-Based Interface Design for an Improvising Musician

Francesco Bigoni; Cumhur Erkut

doi:10.1145/3401956.3404242

DogDog: Soma-Based Interface Design for an Improvising Musician

Francesco Bigoni, Cumhur Erkut

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Abstract

Improvisation is embodied thought and expression. This paper outlines strategies and tactics to design expressive musical interfaces for improvisers. Some of these strategies are explored through a case study: a non-tactile hand-arm movement interface controlling a granular synthesizer (DogDog), based on high-level movement descriptors. The research through design and performance experience indicates that movement quality descriptors are inherently scalable from hand-arm movements to full body interaction, and that a textural approach to motion tracking fits well the morphing sonic masses generated through granular sound synthesis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2020
Number of pages	4
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	15 Jul 2020
Pages	1-4
Article number	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450375054
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3401956.3404242
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2020
Event	7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2020 - Jersey City, Virtual, United States Duration: 15 Jul 2020 → 17 Jul 2020

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Conference	7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Jersey City, Virtual
Period	15/07/2020 → 17/07/2020
Sponsor	mBrainTrain

Series	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Keywords

Embodied Interaction
Granular Synthesis
Mapping
Movement Descriptors
Sound

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Bigoni, F & Erkut, C 2020, DogDog: Soma-Based Interface Design for an Improvising Musician. in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2020., 23, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 1-4, 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2020, Jersey City, Virtual, United States, 15/07/2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3401956.3404242

DogDog: Soma-Based Interface Design for an Improvising Musician. / Bigoni, Francesco; Erkut, Cumhur.
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2020. Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. p. 1-4 23 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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