Design and use of a hackable digital instrument [PDF]
This paper introduces the D-Box, a new digital musical instrument specifically designed to elicit unexpected creative uses and to support modification by the performer.
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Les gestes de travail du luthier [PDF]
Article réédité dans Travaux du LAPMO, Aix-en-Pce, 1988, 228-241National audiencePour étudier les gestes de travail du luthier, différentes approches sont ici mobilisées.
Claudot-Hawad, Hélène
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Of epistemic tools: musical instruments as cognitive extensions [PDF]
This paper explores the differences in the design and performance of acoustic and new digital musical instruments, arguing that with the latter there is an increased encapsulation of musical theory.
Magnusson, Thor
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Wiring the ear: Instrumentality and aural primacy in and after David Tudor’s Unstable Circuits [PDF]
The early 20th century saw a spate of innovative electronic musical instruments. For instance, the theremin (1919) and Ondes Martenot (1928) not only offered new sound generation techniques, but married them to similarly innovative means of interaction ...
Dalgleish, Mat
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Searching for material symmetries in the burr wood of thuja by a direct contact ultrasonic method on spherical samples [PDF]
International audienceThis work is part of a program that aims at studying the burr wood of thuja (Tetraclinis articulata). The goal of this work is to identify material symmetries of burr wood to improve its machining.
Arnould, Olivier +6 more
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Ergomimesis: towards a language describing instrumental transductions [PDF]
This speculative paper proposes a terminology of ergomimesis for engaging with the way new musical instruments derive their design from previous music technologies. What new instruments translate from earlier technologies are not simply the simulation of
Magnusson, Thor
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An epistemic dimension space for musical devices [PDF]
The analysis of digital music systems has traditionally been characterized by an approach that can be defined as phenomenological. The focus has been on the body and its relationship to the machine, often neglecting the system’s conceptual design.
Magnusson, Thor
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Beyond " clear wood " : exploring the structure-properties of figured woods and of woods with strong gradients selected in craftsmanship [PDF]
National audienceThis poster presents a beginning Ph.D. research. The subject focuses on an apparent paradox between different approaches to wood: from the viewpoint of engineering sciences (as from industrial uses), "good" wood is orthotropic, well ...
Alkadri, Ahmad +6 more
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Y a-t-il un "art poétique" surréaliste? [PDF]
L'auteur propose une typologie sommaire des différents arts poétiques en vers, qui se répartissent en effet en au moins trois groupes distincts, selon que les auteurs mettent l'accent sur une philosophie générale de la poésie - c'est-à-dire sur les ...
Née, Patrick
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Design Considerations for Instruments for Users with Complex Needs in SEN Settings. [PDF]
Music technology can provide unique opportunities to allow access to music making for those with complex needs in special educational needs (SEN) settings.
Davis, Tom, Ward, Asha, Woodbury, L.
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