The machine orchestra: An ensemble of human laptop performers and robotic musical instruments

Computer Music Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 49-63

  Kapur, Ajay ^a,b   Darling, Michael ^a   Diakopoulos, Dimitri ^a   Murphy, Jim W ^a,b   Hochenbaum, Jordan ^b   Vallis, Owen ^a,b   Bahn, Curtis ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS; LOS ANGELES; ROBOTIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; SAN JOSE , CALIFORNIA; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

LAPTOP COMPUTERS; ROBOTS; TEACHING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84856459417     PISSN: 01489267     EISSN: 15315169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/COMJ_a_00090     Document Type: Article

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