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Input Devices and Music Interaction

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Musical Robots and Interactive Multimodal Systems

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 74))

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This chapter discusses some principles of digital musical instrument design in the context of different goals and constraints.  It shows, through several examples, that a variety of conditions can motivate design choices for sensor interface and mapping, such as robustness and reliability, environmental constraints on sensor technology, or the desire for haptic feedback.  Details of specific hardware and software choices for some DMI designs are discussed in this context.

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  1. Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory (IDMIL), Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Media Music and Technology (CIRMMT), McGill University, 555, Sherbrooke Street West, H3A 1E3, Montreal, Qc, Canada

    Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair, Avrum Hollinger & Marcelo M. Wanderley

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  1. Humanoid Robotics Institute Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ookubo, 168-8555, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Jorge Solis

  2. Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music (ICSRiM), University of Leeds School of Computing & School of Music, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK

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Malloch, J., Sinclair, S., Hollinger, A., Wanderley, M.M. (2011). Input Devices and Music Interaction. In: Solis, J., Ng, K. (eds) Musical Robots and Interactive Multimodal Systems. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 74. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22291-7_5

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