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A hand clap interface for sonic interaction with the computer

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Cumhur ErkutAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '09: CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520452

Published: 04 April 2009 Publication History

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We present a hand clapping interface for sonic interaction with the computer. The current implementation has been built on the Pure Data (PD) software. The interface makes use of the cyclic nature of hand clapping and recognition of the clap type, and enables interactive control over different applications. Three prototype applications for the interface are presented: a virtual crowd of clappers, controlling the tempo of music, and a simple sampler. Preliminary tests indicate that rather than having total control via the interface, the user negotiates with the computer to control the tempo.

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A hand clap interface for sonic interaction with the computer
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Sound and music computing
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Specialized information retrieval
      1. Multimedia and multimodal retrieval
        Music retrieval

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DOI:10.1145/1520340

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