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Introducing a K-12 Mechatronic NIME Kit
(ACM, 2018-06)The following paper introduces a new mechatronic NIME kit that uses new additions to the Pd-L2Ork visual programing environment and its K-12 learning module. It is designed to facilitate the creation of simple mechatronics ... -
Aegis Audio Engine: Integrating a Real-Time Analog Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and a Procedural Soundtrack in a Live Twelve-Perfomer Spectacle With Crowd Participation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07)In the following paper we present Aegis: a procedural networked soundtrack engine driven by real-time analog signal analysis and pattern recognition. Aegis was originally conceived as part of Drummer Game, a game-perform ... -
OPERAcraft: Blurring the Lines between Real and Virtual
(University of Michigan, 2014-09)In the following paper we present an innovative approach to coupling gaming, telematics, machinima, and opera to produce a hybrid performance art form and an arts+technology education platform. To achieve this, we leverage ... -
Introducing Locus: a NIME for Immersive Exocentric Aural Environments
(ACM, 2019-06)Locus is a NIME designed specifically for an interactive, immersive high density loudspeaker array environment. The system is based on a pointing mechanism to interact with a sound scene comprising 128 speakers. Users can ... -
NIMEhub: Toward a Repository for Sharing and Archiving Instrument Designs
(ACM, 2016-07)This workshop will explore the potential creation of a community database of digital musical instrument (DMI) designs. In other research communities, reproducible research practices are common, including open-source software, ... -
Introducing D⁴: An Interactive 3D Audio Rapid Prototyping and Transportable Rendering Environment Using High Density Loudspeaker Arrays
(University of Michigan, 2016)With a growing number of multimedia venues and research spaces equipped with High Density Loudspeaker Arrays, there is a need for an integrative 3D audio spatialization system that offers both a scalable spatialization ... -
L2OrkMote: Reimagining a Low-Cost Wearable Controller for a Live Gesture-Centric Music Performance
(ACM, 2018-06)Laptop orchestras create music, although digitally produced, in a collaborative live performance not unlike a traditional orchestra. The recent increase in interest and investment in this style of music creation has paved ... -
3D Time-Based Aural Data Representation Using D⁴ Library’s Layer Based Amplitude Panning Algorithm
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07)The following paper introduces a new Layer Based Amplitude Panning algorithm and supporting D⁴ library of rapid prototyping tools for the 3D time-based data representation using sound. The algorithm is designed to scale ... -
Cinemacraft: Immersive Live Machinima as an Empathetic Musical Storytelling Platform
(University of Michigan, 2016)In the following paper we present Cinemacraft, a technology-mediated immersive machinima platform for collaborative performance and musical human-computer interaction. To achieve this, Cinemacraft innovates upon a ... -
New Interfaces for Spatial Musical Expression
(ACM, 2020-07)With the proliferation of venues equipped with the high den- sity loudspeaker arrays there is a growing interest in developing new interfaces for spatial musical expression (NISME). Of particular interest are interfaces ... -
Building Stem Career Interest Through Curriculum Treatments
(Springer Open, 2020)Watson and McMahon’s (2005) work identified a need for research to examine the what and how of children’s career development learning; this research is a start to answering that call, specifically focusing on STEM career ... -
Studies In Spatial Aural Perception: Establishing Foundations For Immersive Sonification
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-06)The Spatial Audio Data Immersive Experience (SADIE) project aims to identify new foundational relationships pertaining to human spatial aural perception, and to validate existing relationships. Our infrastructure consists ... -
Reimagining Human Capacity For Location-Aware Aural Pattern Recognition: A Case For Immersive Exocentric Sonification
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-06)The following paper presents a cross-disciplinary snapshot of 21st century research in sonification and leverages the review to identify a new immersive exocentric approach to studying human capacity to perceive spatial ... -
#VTDITC vol. 9: Gender & Hip Hop
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2018-04-19)Join Blair Ebony Smith [PhD Candidate at Syracuse University and artist-scholar with organizing collective Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT) as well as girl-band We Levitate], and Kyesha Jennings (Hip Hop Scholar ... -
#VTDITC Vol 8: Hip Hop & Liberation
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2018-03-15)Join Dumi Right (DC), Omar Offendum (LA), Saba Taj (NC), and Dr. Brandy Faulkner (VT Department of Political Science) for a discussion of hip hop as a tool for liberation. Performances and an open cypher to follow. #VTDITC -
#VTDITC Vol 6: Hip Hop & Digital Literacy
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2017-12-05)Join Dr. AD Carson (University of Virginia, Assistant Professor of Hip Hop), Sum (Los Angeles based recording artist and organizer), Nathan Zed (Virginia Tech student and creator), Stimulator Jones (Stones Throw Records), ... -
Inner-Active Art: An examination of aesthetic and mapping issues in physiologically based artworks
(ISEA, 2009)Much art seeks to describe or stimulate the feelings and emotions of the viewer, through both abstract and literal representation. With the exponential increase in computing power over recent years we also seek new ways ... -
Affective Feedback in a Virtual Reality based Intelligent Supermarket
(ACM, 2017)The probabilistic nature of the inferences in a context-aware intelligent environment (CAIE) renders them vulnerable to erroneous decisions resulting in wrong services. Learning to recognize a user’s negative reactions to ... -
Lantern Field: Exploring Participatory Design of a Communal, Spatially Responsive Installation
(NIME, 2013-05)Lantern Field is a communal, site-specific installation that takes shape as a spatially responsive audio-visual field. The public participates in the creation of the installation, resulting in shared ownership of the work ... -
Multimodal Interaction in Music Using the Electromyogram and Relative Position Sensing
(NIME, 2002)This paper describes a technique of multimodal, multichannel control of electronic musical devices using two control methodologies, the Electromyogram (EMG) and relative position sensing. Requirements for the application ...
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