Buttons, handles, and keys: Advances in continuous-control keyboard instruments

Computer Music Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 28-46

  McPherson, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; LASER RECORDING; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; SCANNING;

ACOUSTIC PIANOS; CONTINUOUS CONTROL; CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY; NEW DIMENSIONS; OPTICAL SCANNERS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84930161591     PISSN: 01489267     EISSN: 15315169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/COMJ_a_00297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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