Jamioki-purejoy: A game engine and instrument for electronically-mediated musical improvisation

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME '07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 321-326

  Vigoda, Benjamin ^a   Merrill, David ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative performance; Electronically mediated performance; Found sound; JamiOki; PureJoy; Structured improvisation

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE; COMBINED SYSTEM; GAME ENGINE; GRAPHICAL DISPLAYS; JOYSTICK CONTROLLERS; MANIPULATION INTERFACE; MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; MUSICAL STRUCTURES; ON THE FLIES; STRUCTURAL HIERARCHIES; ELECTRONICALLY-MEDIATED PERFORMANCE; FOUND SOUND; IMPROVIZATION; JAMIOKI; PERFORMANCE; PUREJOY; STRUCTURED IMPROVIZATION;

INSTRUMENTS; COMPUTER MUSIC;

ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSIC;

EID: 77953576529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1279740.1279810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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