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DropNotes: A Music Composition Interface Utilizing the Combination of Affordances of Tangible Objects

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Advances in Computer Entertainment (ACE 2013)

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The design principle of Tangible User Interfaces has been applied to musical interfaces for more accessible usage of computers for musical expression. This paper proposes DropNotes, a tangible user interface for music composition, which utilizes the combination of affordances of familiar objects as metaphorical procedures to manipulate digital audio. By creating more accessible and intuitive user interface for music composition, we target opening up a novel interactive musical expression.

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  1. Department of Intermedia Art and Science, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan

    Musashi Nakajima, Hidekazu Saegusa, Yuto Ozaki & Yoshihiro Kanno

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  1. Human Media Interaction/Creative Technology, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Dennis Reidsma

  2. School of Science and Technology, Department of Human System Interaction, Kwansei Gakuin University, Gakuen Sanda 2-1, 669-1337, Sanda, Japan

    Haruhiro Katayose

  3. Human Media Interaction, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Anton Nijholt

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Nakajima, M., Saegusa, H., Ozaki, Y., Kanno, Y. (2013). DropNotes: A Music Composition Interface Utilizing the Combination of Affordances of Tangible Objects. In: Reidsma, D., Katayose, H., Nijholt, A. (eds) Advances in Computer Entertainment. ACE 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8253. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_63

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