Tactual display of sound properties in electronic musical instruments

• Published in: Displays Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 129 - 133
• Main Author: Bongers, A.J.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 15.05.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Artificial intelligence; Computer science; control theory; systems; Electronic musical instruments; Exact sciences and technology; Force feedback; Speech and sound recognition and synthesis. Linguistics; Tactile feedback; Tangible sound; Tactile feedback; Tangible sound; Electronic musical instruments; Force feedback; Input circuit; Acoustic test; Tactual display; Electronic properties; Sound analysis; Virtual reality; Feedback regulation; Sound quality; Synthesizer; Sound synthesis; Musical instrument
• ISSN: 0141-9382; 1872-7387
• DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9382(98)00013-4

In order to enhance the control of electronic sound sources (synthesisers), multiple modes of interaction can be introduced. In this paper, several technologies for tactual display of properties of the sound and new methods of control will be described. For example, input devices such as gloves, gesture trackers and other technologies adapted from virtual reality research were applied to increase the number of sound parameters that the player can control simultaneously. Some initial work has been carried out with simple actuators for tactual feedback.