Electronic Music Interface

Etiquette

Christophe Stoll — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:03:44 +0000

FOUND have been commissioned by the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) to create several sound pieces to commemorate their 20th Anniversary. We have decided to develop an ambitious interactive audio installation in collaboration with computer scientist Simon Kirby. This site will document our progress with the project.

More info: Etiquette website

Via CDM.

Doepfer Pocket Electronics

Christophe Stoll — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:21:50 +0000

Pocket Electronic (abbreviation: “PE” in the following) is an universal electronics DIY kit to built your own MIDI control box. Up to 16 controlling elements can be connected to PE transmitting 16 different MIDI messages on different (or even the same) MIDI channels.

Doepfer Pocket Electronics

Towards a new conceptual framework for digital musical instruments

Christophe Stoll — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:14:18 +0000

Interesting paper by several people from the Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory (IDMIL) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

(…) When considering and categorizing devices that produce sound, it is common to become entangled in the differentiation of instruments, musical toys, and installations. Even within categories, confusion arises: conceptual models of musical instruments vary according to historical, cultural, and personal biases. New musical devices have varying degrees of success in penetrating the conceptual boundary between instrument and non-instrument, and frequently their path into the instrument domain is unexpected from the perspective of design intentionality. The issue is further confused by a layer of artistic interpretation, exploding the possible definitions of “instrument” to virtually any conceivable artifact that can involve sound (including the absence of sound). “Instrument” can thus refer to a traditional acoustic device, a controller with no specific mapping, a software program that maps control input to musical output, or can be synonymous with a musical piece itself, in which the interface (including its physical component) is integrated with musical sound output in the composer’s expressive intent [1]. However, a systematic investigation of the design space of a musical device (such as dimension space analysis [2]) promotes an understanding of musical devices that considers both design goals and constraints arising from human capability and environmental conditions. (…)

Read the full paper

Acoustic Architecture: Sonic Forest

Christophe Stoll — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:05:53 +0000

“People think about architecture as very static, permanent and strictly visual, and music as ephemeral, and never really there. I’m trying to push those things together to find a doorway into a new creative place.”

“Performance architect”Christopher Janney featured on the Apple website.

AudioWiisual

Christophe Stoll — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:25:48 +0000

Driver’s License as Ableton Live MIDI Controller

Christophe Stoll — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:03:16 +0000

Multi Touch Console

Christophe Stoll — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:37:28 +0000

The c-base MultiTouchConsole mtc is a completely self-contained, touch-sensitive table built in spare time by a group of c-base members. A projector in the table displays an image on the table surface and an infrared-sensitive camera is used to track positions of fingers touching it. The mtc reacts to an unlimited amount of touches at once. Touch locations are determined with an accuracy of a few millimeters.

Besides ongoing technical improvements, the MultiTouchConsole will be used for interaction research. It is open to interested parties for test installations - if you’re in Berlin, feel free to contact us.

More info: here, here and here

Wii Scratching

Christophe Stoll — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:51:04 +0000

More info: The Original Wireless DJing Website & Community

This is Rock and Roll

Christophe Stoll — Fri, 11 May 2007 08:15:51 +0000

Ali Momeni

Christophe Stoll — Fri, 11 May 2007 07:02:19 +0000

Controller workshop: From do-it-yourself tablas (with sponges!) to the Lemur.