Controlling physically based virtual musical instruments using the gloves

Serafin, Stefania; Trento, Stefano; Grani, Francesco; Perner-Wilson, Hannah; Madgwick, Sebastian; Mitchell, Thomas J.

Abstract

In this paper we propose an empirical method to develop mapping strategies between a gestural-based interface (the Gloves) and physically based sound synthesis models. An experiment was conducted to investigate which gestures listeners associate with sounds synthesised using physical models, corresponding to three categories of sound: sustained, iterative and impulsive. The results of the experiment show that listeners perform similar gestures when controlling sounds from the different categories. We used such gestures in order to create the mapping strategy between the Gloves and the physically based synthesis engine.

Citation

Serafin, S., Trento, S., Grani, F., Perner-Wilson, H., Madgwick, S., & Mitchell, T. J. (2014, June). Controlling physically based virtual musical instruments using the gloves. Paper presented at International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
• Start Date: Jun 30, 2014
• End Date: Jul 4, 2014
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2014
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: physical models, gloves, mapping, gestural control
• Publisher URL: http://www.nime2014.org
• Related Public URLs: http://www.nime2014.org/technical-programme/papers/
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME2014)