Fast and Accurate Prototyping of Input Devices for Expert Interaction

快速准确的专家交互输入设备原型设计

• 批准号: RGPIN-2014-05672
• 负责人: Wanderley, Marcelo
• 金额: $ 1.89万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=588552
• 关键词: Fast; Accurate; Prototyping; Input; Devices

This research proposal aims to explore the development of innovative software and hardware systems for human-computer interaction in musical contexts. It will support my long-term research work focusing on the application of electronics and software development to the design of digital musical instruments (DMIs), instruments that are based on an input device that controls sound (and/or other media) generated by software algorithms. The design of DMIs is a research field that has received substantial attention in the last decade, thanks in part to the international conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) and to an increasingly large community of do-it-yourself designers. In this proposed research, I will approach the design and evaluation of DMIs from three perspectives: - Rapid Prototyping of DMIS: The design of innovative DMIs taking advantage of rapid prototyping tools such as 3D printers and laser cutters, allowing for the creation of unique device forms adapted to user needs in a fast development-test cycle. This fast cycle is essential in collaborative projects involving expert performers, who need to have immediate access to devices so that they can provide feedback to designers on where to improve them. - Sensor Fusion and Embedded Computing for DMIS: The use of advanced instrumentation techniques such as sensor fusion, or the combination of data from several sensors processed by a variety of digital signal processing techniques. Sensor fusion, in tandem with advanced instrumentation techniques for processing raw sensor data, can lead to the design of responsive DMIs for interactive applications that demand accurate and repeatable performance measurements (Medeiros & Wanderley, under review). Together with embedded sound synthesis and tools for mapping such as libmapper, it will be possible to create self-contained, responsive DMIs. - Refinement of a methodology for the evaluation of DMIs: Building upon our recent work and on the recent contributions to the DMI literature, we will refine a methodology for the evaluation of DMIs using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to understand how performers interact with their instruments and how performance expertise develops over time. This understanding will be in turn important to inform the design of novel DMIs. The expected impacts of the research are numerous, both in terms of training high-qualified personnel in a multi-disciplinary research context, and in commercial and social benefits derived from the development of tools for musical expression and for the interaction with computers in expert contexts.

本研究计划旨在探索在音乐环境中，开发创新的软体与硬体系统，用于人机互动。它将支持我的长期研究工作，重点是电子和软件开发在数字乐器（dmi）设计中的应用，这些乐器基于一个输入设备，控制由软件算法产生的声音（和/或其他媒体）。dmi的设计是一个在过去十年中受到广泛关注的研究领域，这在一定程度上要归功于音乐表达新界面国际会议（NIME）和一个越来越大的diy设计师社区。