Search for dissertations about: "Digital musical instruments"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Digital musical instruments.

2. 1. A Field of Possibilities: Designing and Playing Digital Musical Instruments

   Author : Per Anders Nilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Digital musical instruments; improvisation; experimental music; jazz; free improvisation; music of sounds; computer music; interaction design; design time – play time; practicing; play; game and sports; self-organization; rules; affordances; predeterminations; artistic research;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on a set of digital musical instruments I have designed and developed with ensemble improvisation in mind. The intention is not to create a universal improvisational instrument, but rather to create a set of instruments which each realize one musical idea. READ MORE

4. 2. Crafting Experience : Designing Digital Musical Instruments for Long-Term Use in Artistic Practice

   Author : Ludvig Elblaus; Roberto Bresin; Kjetil Falkenberg Hansen; Gerhard Eckel; Atau Tanaka; KTH; []
   Keywords : Media Technology; Medieteknik;

   Abstract : This thesis collects a series of publications that all present work where digital musical instruments (DMIs) played a central role. While the papers focus on the individual projects where the DMIs where created, the first part of this thesis describes patterns and insights arrived at by comparing the projects and the DMIs, as well as discuss them in the context of other contemporary research. READ MORE

5. 3. Diverse Sounds : Enabling Inclusive Sonic Interaction

   Author : Emma Frid; Roberto Bresin; Andrew McPherson; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Accessible Digital Musical Instruments; Sonic Interaction Design; Sound and Music Computing; New Interfaces for Musical Expression; Media Technology; Medieteknik; Human-computer Interaction; Människa-datorinteraktion;

   Abstract : This compilation thesis collects a series of publications on designing sonic interactions for diversity and inclusion. The presented papers focus on case studies in which musical interfaces were either developed or reviewed. READ MORE

6. 4. Extending Opera - Artist-led Explorations in Operatic Practice through Interactivity and Electronics

   Author : Carl Unander-Scharin; Kristina Höök; Wendy Mackay; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Medieteknik; Opera; Performativa och mediala praktiker; med inriktning mot film och media koreografi opera scen; Performative and mediated practices; with specializations in choreography film and media opera performing arts; Media Technology;

   Abstract : How can we re-empower opera singers, extending their control over accompaniment and vocal expressivity? To answer this question, I have opened a novel design space, Extending Opera, consisting of interactive artist–operated tools to be used on-stage. The research has its methodological groundings in Research through Design (RtD) and Research through the Arts (RttA). READ MORE

7. 5. 'A passable and good temperament': a new methodology for studying tuning and temperament in organ music

   Author : Johan Norrback; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; organ; organ building; historical sources; methodology; tuning; temperament; Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750 ;

   Abstract : Playing Johann Sebastian Bach's organ chorale O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (BWV 656) on an organ tuned according to a historic temperament raises questions about the role of temperament in organ music. From the interpreters point of view it would be desirable to be able to compare different temperaments effect on the music, and based on that draw conclusions about the temperaments role in the interpretative process. READ MORE