Distributed mechanical actuation of percussion instruments

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 11-15

  Sheffield, Eric ^a   Gurevich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuated instrument; Augmented instrument; NIME; Percussion

Indexed keywords

MUSIC; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ACOUSTICS PROPERTY; ACTUATED INSTRUMENT; AUGMENTED INSTRUMENT; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; NIME; PERCUSSION; PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS; PERFORMANCE PATTERNS; SEAMLESS CONTROLS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 85031796826     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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