Physical Interfaces for Music 250a

by Michael Gurevich

Dichotomies

• Toys
  • Perry Cook -- Fillup Glass
  • Gary Scavone -- Phoney Controller
  • Joe Paradiso -- Musical Trinkets
  • Michael Gurevich & Stephan von Muehlen -- Accordiatron

• Inspired by Instruments
  • Michael Gurevich & Stephan von Muehlen -- Accordiatron
  • Trueman and Cook Bowed-Sensor-Speaker-Array

Michel Waisvisz -- The Hands

• Sonification
  • Toriton Plus
  • Paul Dimarinis Rain Dance

• Actuation
  • Paul Dimarinis Fire Birds
  • Per Bloland, Steven Backer, and Edgar Berdahl -- Electromagnetically Prepared Piano
  • Talking piano -- Talking piano

• Multiple Performers
  • Sid Fels -- Tooka
  • Jorda -- Reactable
  • David Merrill, Tim Hankins, Jocelyn Robert -- COOL (120M)
  • Rodrigo Segnini, Hiroko Terasawa, Vivian Woo -- Sound Kitchen (42M)

• Robotic musical instruments
  • Collin Oldham - Cellomobo
  • Edgar Berdahl - Haptic drum
  • Lemur robot playing music

• Commercial controllers
  • Max Mathews' Radio Baton
  • Don Buchla's Lightning
  • Don Buchla's Thunder
  • Haken Audio's Continuum Fingerboard
  • Yamaha / Toshio Iwai -- Tenori-on (video)
  • Jazzmutant Lemur
  • Yamaha Miburi (similar to Gypsy Motion -- DJ and Drums)

PID 2009