Virtual gesture control and synthesis of music performances: Qualitative evaluation of synthesized timpani exercises

Computer Music Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 57-72

  Bouënard, Alexandre ^a   Wanderley, Marcelo M ^a   Gibet, Sylvie ^b   Marandola, Fabrice ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION-DETECTION; GESTURE CONTROL; IMPACT POSITIONS; MUSIC PERFORMANCE; PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; SOUND FEEDBACK; SOUND SYNTHESIS;

COMPUTER MUSIC; INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 80052501601     PISSN: 01489267     EISSN: 15315169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/COMJ_a_00069     Document Type: Article

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