Tue 24 August 2010
13:00–14:30h
Volkshochschule Dortmund, G 133a

Moderated by Shintaro Miyazaki (de)

1. 13:00h | Thor Magnusson (gb): ixi lang. A Constraint System for Live Coding
2. 13:20h | Bernhard Garnicnig, Gottfried Haider (at): Production of a Spatial Audio Narrative
3. 13:40h | Luca De Rosso (it): OTTO. Musical Instrument for Realtime Manual Beat Slicing
4. 14:00h | Steffen Müller, Frederik Kalisch (de): Attract-O-Tone. A Performance-oriented Musical Interface, cancelled

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | P18 Musical Devices (PDF, 175.5 KB)

Thor Magnusson (gb)

ixi lang. A Constraint System for Live Coding

This paper explores the creation of constraints in digital musical systems as exemplified and implemented in the ixi lang live coding system. Constraints are here seen as limitations that enable the musician to encapsulate a specific search space (Boden 1990) of musical gestures, proscribing complexity in favor of simple set of rules that can be engaged with creatively. The reason for such constraints are twofold: to save time as musical performance is typically a real-time process and to ease the cognitive load of the performer. The presentation will present the ixi lang and the specific design rationale behind this system, as well as other constraint computer music systems.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | ixi lang. A Constraint System for Live Coding (PDF)

Thor Magnusson, a senior lecturer at University of Brighton's Faculty of Arts, works in the fields of music and generative art. Recent research and publications are on improvisation in electronic music, philosophy of technology, instrument design and music programming language design. Thor is a co-founder and member of the ixi audio collective.

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Bernhard Garnicnig, Gottfried Haider (at)

Production of a Spatial Audio Narrative

We create audiovisual experiences reflecting on the surroundings of the listener moving through public space. The technology we developed allows us to compose dense binaural soundscapes on mobile computers which are rendered in realtime through customized headphones to the listener. As the listener moves through the selected site, the layers of sound shift his perception of his surroundings.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | Production of a Spatial Audio Narrative (PDF)

Bernhard Garnicnig studies Digital Art at the University for Applied Arts and Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts, both in Vienna. In his work as artist and curator he is mainly interested in shaping social, institutional and audiovisual space-time constellations.

Gottfried Haider graduated from the class of Digital Arts at the University for Applied Arts Vienna in 2009. He is interested in urban sound scape theory and currently researching on the interdependencies of the algorithmic acquisition of space, its coexistent manipulation and numerology.

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Luca De Rosso (it)

OTTO. Musical Instrument for Realtime Manual Beat Slicing

OTTO is an electronic musical instrument for realtime manual beat slicing of audio samples. OTTO provides a tangible user interface designed with the aim of giving the user the feel of having the sample in his hands. The musician can manipulate an audio sample in real time through the use of a restricted number of simple physical buttons and switches.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | OTTO. Musical Instrument for Realtime Manual Beat Slicing (PDF)

Luca De Rosso is an interaction designer graduated in 2009 at IUAV University of Venice after attending the IxD program led by Gillian Crampton Smith and Philip Tabor. In 2008 Luca did a five-months internship at IDEO Inc. in Palo Alto, CA. He now works as a IxD consultant and sound designer.

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Steffen Müller, Frederik Kalisch (de)

The attract-o-tone. A Performance-oriented Musical Interface

The attract-o-tone is a performance-oriented musical interface that translates a visual conversation of things, almost like a puppetry, into a playable soundscape. It focusses on exuberant gesturing in its usage, in order to expand the perception of the audience.

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | The attract-o-tone. A Performance-oriented Musical Interface (PDF)

Steffen Müller currently studies visual communications at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, Germany. Coming from illustration, at the moment he focusses on spatial augmented reality (or so called projection mapping) while working as an visual artist together with the neongolden collective Vienna, Austria
Further Information: lab.neongolden

Frederik Kalisch is a student in his final year at Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen. The focus of his studies are experimental and strategic design. He is currently finishing his diploma at Audi AG Ingolstadt at brand strategy department. Other interests include making music and old scooters.

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