ICMC-SMC in Athens

I was really excited to present my research on TC-Data at the ICMC-SMC conference in Athens, Greece. The conference was packed with music – five concerts a day. There was a really nice acousmatic setup in the main concert hall at the Onassis Cultural Center. The keynote speakers were Jean-Claude Risset, John Chowning, Gerard Assayag, …

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TC-Data released!

TC-Data is the latest iteration of my touch control research. The goal was to unlock the touch screen controllers for generalized use. Although based on TC-11, the interface and backend of TC-Data was completely rewritten to be as lightweight as possible. This meant redesigning the engine that ran the controller generation so that the iPad …

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WWDC Pics and Update

WWDC has been incredible so far. Even waiting in line (not uncommon) means meeting tons of enthusiastic and friendly developers. The sessions have been fantastic. The upcoming API improvements are going to make things much easier, and there are some incredible new technologies I’ll be dropping into my apps. I’ve met with Apple engineers in …

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Heading to WWDC

Next week I’ll be heading out to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. It looks to be an incredible opportunity to meet other developers, Apple engineers, and check out whatever new is announced. If you’d like to keep track of things, chances are I’ll be tweeting away (@BitShapeSoft).

NIME 2012 presentation of TC-11

A paper of mine detailing the design of TC-11 has been accepted into the New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference (NIME 2012). The conference will be held in Ann Arbor, MI, and I’ll be going to present and demo the instrument. Once the proceedings are online, I will link to the paper here (along with …

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NIME Proceedings Online – Paper Available

The folks at NIME have uploaded the full NIME++ 2010 proceedings. Here is the permanent link:http://www.educ.dab.uts.edu.au/nime/PROCEEDINGS/ The direct link to my paper is here: ‘Relationship-Based Instrument Mapping of Multi-Point Data Streams Using a Trackpad Interface.’ I’m always happy to hear comments and feedback. You can see (old) videos of the instruments described in the paper …

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NIME 2010 in Sydney

The conference was fantastic – lots of creative energy and some truly inspired projects and research. As for my presentation, it went quite well. I got some very nice feedback from other presenters and conference attendees about the multi-point instruments. Once the paper publication goes online I will link to it from here. There are …

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Multi-point paper accepted into NIME 2010

My new paper on multi-point mapping strategies, titled ‘Relationship-Based Instrument Mapping of Multi-Point Data Streams Using a Trackpad Interface,’ has been accepted into the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2010 conference in Sydney. The paper describes my analysis system for dealing with multi-point interfaces. I will be presenting at the conference, and will post the link …

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MStretchSynth and MDrumSynth Demo Videos

I’ve finished two demos of a multitouch instrument I’ve been programming. You can see the videos on Vimeo:   The synth uses the Macbook Pro trackpad, but it can accept any multitouch interface that adheres to the TUIO specification. I programmed the instrument to react to the relationships between the points, instead of simply mapping the multiple …

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