Musical Applications and Design Techniques for the Gametrak Tethered Spatial Position Controller

Adrian Freed; Daniel Overholt; Anne-Marie Hansen; Devin McCutchen; Andy Schmeder; Winslow Burleson; Camilla Nøregaard Jensen; Alex Mesker

Musical Applications and Design Techniques for the Gametrak Tethered Spatial Position Controller

Adrian Freed, Daniel Overholt, Anne-Marie Hansen, Devin McCutchen, Andy Schmeder, Winslow Burleson, Camilla Nøregaard Jensen, Alex Mesker

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The Gametrak spatial position controller has been saved from the fate of so many discontinued gaming controllers to become an attractive and increasingly popular platform for experimental musical controllers, math and science manipulatives, large scale interactive installations and as a playful tangible gaming interface that promotes inter-generational creative play and discovery . After introducing the peculiarities of the GameTrak and comparing it to related spatial position sensing systems we survey musical applications of the device. The short paper format cannot do justice to the depth and breadth of such applications, so projects have been selected based on whether they represent unusual or surprising uses of the controller or because they represent fruitful platforms for future work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference
Editors	Fabien Gouyon, Álvaro Barbosa, Xavier Serra
Number of pages	6
Publication date	2009
ISBN (Electronic)	978-989-95577-6-5
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Sound and Music Computing - Porto, Portugal Duration: 23 Jul 2009 → 25 Jul 2009 Conference number: 6

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Conference	Sound and Music Computing
Number	6
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	23/07/2009 → 25/07/2009

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Freed, A., Overholt, D., Hansen, A-M., McCutchen, D., Schmeder, A., Burleson, W., Nøregaard Jensen, C., & Mesker, A. (2009). Musical Applications and Design Techniques for the Gametrak Tethered Spatial Position Controller. In F. Gouyon, Á. Barbosa, & X. Serra (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/publication/musical_applications_and_design_patterns_gametrak

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Musical Applications and Design Techniques for the Gametrak Tethered Spatial Position Controller. / Freed, Adrian; Overholt, Daniel; Hansen, Anne-Marie et al.
Proceedings of the 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference. ed. / Fabien Gouyon; Álvaro Barbosa; Xavier Serra. 2009.

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