Acoustic instruments radiate sound in a wonderfully complex, 360 degree fashion, while conventional loudspeakers radiate in a much more boring, spotlight of sound. Follow these instructions to build a spherical array out of IKEA salad bowls and surplus automotive speakers.
semi-permanent installation for enhanced solar garden lamps (2006)
Intergalactose Scream: Make a milk-bottle megaphone in Buckley, Patrick and Lily Binns, eds. The Hungry Scientist Handbook (HarperCollins Publishers: New York, 2008) pp. 74-82. An Elementary Method for Tablet (NIME Genoa 2008) Molecular Gastronomy: Spherify your food for a new culinary experience (Make Magazine, Vol. 14 pp. 149-152, 2008) Design and Implementation of CNMAT’s Pedagogical …
Intergalactose Scream: Make a milk-bottle megaphone in Buckley, Patrick and Lily Binns, eds. The Hungry Scientist Handbook (HarperCollins Publishers: New York, 2008) pp. 74-82.
Molecular Gastronomy: Spherify your food for a new culinary experience (Make Magazine, Vol. 14 pp. 149-152, 2008)
(NIME Genoa 2008) ABSTRACT This paper proposes the creation of a method book for tablet-based instruments, evaluating pedagogical materials for traditional instruments as well as research in human-computer interaction and tablet interfaces. Keywords Wacom tablet, digitizing tablet, expressivity, gesture, mapping, pedagogy, practice
We summarize a decade of musical projects and research employing Wacom digitizing tablets as musical controllers, discussing general implementation schemes using Max/MSP and OpenSoundControl, and specific implementations in musical improvisation, interactive sound installation, interactive multimedia performance, and as a compositional assistant. We examine two-handed sensing strategies and schemes for gestural mapping.
(Zbyszyński, Michael, Matthew Wright, and Edmund Campion: ICMC Copenhagen 2007) ABSTRACT This paper outlines recent developments in pedagogical software resources at the CNMAT. We describe the Max/MSP/Jitter Depot: an organized system where software can be stored and shared. The Depot offers a wide range of support and includes basic programming tips, modular programming units for …
In this paper we examine the hardware (sensors and connectivity), physical performance (placement, sensor type, tactile feedback),
and musical performance (software development and control) concerns inherent to extending control to six-string chordophones in general, and specifically to the electric guitar (plucked) and electric cello (bowed).
(Freed, Adrian, Francis-Marie Uitti, and Michael Zbyszyński: NIME Paris 2006) ABSTRACT Software and hardware enhancements to an electric 6-string cello are describe with a focus on a new mechanical tuning device, a novel rotary sensor for bow interaction and control strategies to leverage a suite of polyphonic sound processing effects. KEYWORDS Cello, chordophone, FSR, Rotary …
(Zbyszyński, Michael and Adrian Freed: ICMC Barcelona 2005) ABSTRACT The basic control structure of VST audio plug-ins can limit their usefulness. Control can be improved through the use of Open Sound Control by developing a flexible name space that employs multiple, intuitive parameter names (and aliases), higher-level controls and range mapping, simplifying control for the …