Projects

HAGUS	FielDrum	Modeling Expressive Performance

A device for "recording" and "playing back" drumstick motions involved in percussion performance. It is being used in a serious of experiments designed to test the effect of physical guidance on motor learning.	An acoustic drum outfitted with a system of magnetics which are used to induce pushing and pulling forces on a drumstick and ideally guiding a player through correct motions.	Statistical models of expressive piano performance. Prior work (Master's thesis at UCSC) used hidden Markov models and I am now exploring several new techniques.
Active Tablature	Multilinear Models of Spatial Audio

A bass guitar with an onboard MIDI sequencer and LEDs embedded in the fretboard used to indicate finger positions in real time.	Work with Alex Vasilescu on how multilinear (tensor) algebra can be used to formulate a generative model of the head-related transfer function for analysis and synthesis of realistic 3D audio.

ACCORD	Sonicane	Bello (bass-cello)

An interface for creating chordal sequences that abstacts away individual notes in favor of higher level music theory concepts (root, inversion, chord type, etc.)	A glove that uses an ultrasound transducer and vibrotactile feedback to allow a user to 'feel' their environment.	A bowed instrument resembing a cello in many ways, but tuned like a tenor bass (ADGC).
Hammer Dulcimer	MusicBox

A hammered dulcimer with a MIDI retrofit. MIDI noteon/noteoff messages can be used to drive solenoid plungers which strike the strings of the dulcimer.	A Java applet that allows you to compose music via 3D Lindenmayer systems. Musical parameters can be mapped to serval aspects of the systems structure.

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