TY - GEN
T1 - Birds on paper
T2 - 6th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2012
AU - Chiang, Chen Wei
AU - Chiu, Shu Chuan
AU - Dharma, Anak Agung Gede
AU - Tomimatsu, Kiyoshi
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this paper we describes a new concept of utilizing a mobile device or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for musical composition. We design a new interface that combines the ease of use of a pencil and the portability and customizability of mobile device. Our proposed kit involves the affordances provided by paper computing in order to provide user experiences to novice users. By effectively using the principle of electrical conductivity and signal processing, we have developed a functional prototype ("Birds on Paper") that enables users to compose their own music. Our proposed kit consists of 4 main elements, i.e.: pencil, birds-shaped sensor, hub connector, and mobile device or PDA. Pencil can be applied on a piece of paper as the main medium to visualize the musical composition. Touching the graphite surface of the drawing will trigger an audio feedback in the form of musical notes. Musical notes will be generated based on the thickness and the length of the pencil drawings, thus enables users to intuitively compose the music according to their preference. In addition to the description of the kit, we also discuss the concept behind the design and possible user scenarios.
AB - In this paper we describes a new concept of utilizing a mobile device or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for musical composition. We design a new interface that combines the ease of use of a pencil and the portability and customizability of mobile device. Our proposed kit involves the affordances provided by paper computing in order to provide user experiences to novice users. By effectively using the principle of electrical conductivity and signal processing, we have developed a functional prototype ("Birds on Paper") that enables users to compose their own music. Our proposed kit consists of 4 main elements, i.e.: pencil, birds-shaped sensor, hub connector, and mobile device or PDA. Pencil can be applied on a piece of paper as the main medium to visualize the musical composition. Touching the graphite surface of the drawing will trigger an audio feedback in the form of musical notes. Musical notes will be generated based on the thickness and the length of the pencil drawings, thus enables users to intuitively compose the music according to their preference. In addition to the description of the kit, we also discuss the concept behind the design and possible user scenarios.
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U2 - 10.1145/2148131.2148175
DO - 10.1145/2148131.2148175
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84859035247
SN - 9781450311748
T3 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2012
SP - 201
EP - 204
BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2012
Y2 - 19 February 2012 through 22 February 2012
ER -