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Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications

Digital music software can limit the forms of music we create by using interfaces that directly copy those of the analogue instruments that came before. In this study we report on a new multi-touch interface that affords a completely new form of drum sequencing. Based on ideas from Avant-guard music...

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Main Author: Lekena, Mohato Karabo
Other Authors: Marsden, Gary
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Computer Science 2016
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description Digital music software can limit the forms of music we create by using interfaces that directly copy those of the analogue instruments that came before. In this study we report on a new multi-touch interface that affords a completely new form of drum sequencing. Based on ideas from Avant-guard music and embodied interaction, a technology probe was created and then evaluated by a wide range of users. We found that for users with no musical training, and for users with a large amount of musical training, the software did allow them to be more creative. However, users with limited training on existing sequencing software found the new interface challenging.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/19977 Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications Lekena, Mohato Karabo Marsden, Gary Suleman, Hussein Computer Science Digital music software can limit the forms of music we create by using interfaces that directly copy those of the analogue instruments that came before. In this study we report on a new multi-touch interface that affords a completely new form of drum sequencing. Based on ideas from Avant-guard music and embodied interaction, a technology probe was created and then evaluated by a wide range of users. We found that for users with no musical training, and for users with a large amount of musical training, the software did allow them to be more creative. However, users with limited training on existing sequencing software found the new interface challenging. 2016-06-09T11:20:48Z 2016-06-09T11:20:48Z 2015 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19977 eng application/pdf Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town
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thesis_degree_str Master's
title Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications
title_full Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications
title_fullStr Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications
title_full_unstemmed Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications
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