Design and Evaluation of a Digital Theatre Wind Machine

Fiona Keenan; Sandra Pauletto

Design and Evaluation of a Digital Theatre Wind Machine

Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media

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Abstract

This paperpresents the next stage of an investigation into the potential of historical theatre sound effects as a resource for Sonic Interaction Design (SID). An acoustic theatre wind machine was constructed, and a digital physical modelling-based version of this specificmachine was programmed using the Sound Designer’s Toolkit (SDT) in Max/MSP. The acoustic wind machine was fitted with 3D printed gearing to mechanically drive an optical encoder and control the digital synthesis engine in real time. The design of this system was informed by an initial comparison between the acoustic wind machine and the first iteration of its digital counterpart[8]. To explore the main acoustic parameters and the sonic range of the acoustic and digital wind machines in operation, three simple and distinct rotational gestures were performed, with the resulting sounds recorded simultaneously, facilitating an analysis of the real-time performance of both sources. The results are reported, with an outline of future work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Pages	431-435
Number of pages	4
Volume	2017
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	NIME New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference - Copenaghen, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 15 May 2017 → 19 May 2017

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
ISSN (Electronic)	2220-4806

Conference

Conference	NIME New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	15/05/17 → 19/05/17

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Keenan, F & Pauletto, S 2017, Design and Evaluation of a Digital Theatre Wind Machine. in Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. vol. 2017, Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, pp. 431-435, NIME New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15/05/17. <https://www.nime.org/archives/>

Design and Evaluation of a Digital Theatre Wind Machine. / Keenan, Fiona ; Pauletto, Sandra.
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Vol. 2017 2017. p. 431-435 (Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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