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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)In this paper we present some custom designed filters for real-time motion capture applications. Our target application is motion controllers, i.e. systems that interpret hand motion for musical interaction. In earlier ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)Fundamental to the development of musical or artistic creative work is the ability to transform raw materials. This ability implies the facility to master many facets of the material, and to shape it with plasticity. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)In 2016, only four of forty-seven DJs booked for Musikkfest, a festival in Oslo, Norway, were women. Following this, a local DJ published an objection to this imbalance in a local arts and entertainment magazine. Her ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)The paper reports on the development and activities in the recently established fourMs lab (Music, Mind, Motion, Machines) at the University of Oslo, Norway. As a meeting place for researchers in music and informatics, the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881–1950) was highly esteemed as a Soviet composer, only surpassed by Prokofiev and Shostakovich among his contemporaries, and in the West famous conductors like Stokowski and Furtwängler performed his ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)What is recognized as the Norwegian composer Fartein Valen’s international breakthrough took place at the 1947 festival of ISCM (International Society for contemporary Music) in Copenhagen. This article investigates what ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Human body motion is integral to all parts of musical experience, from performance to perception. But how is it possible to study body motion in a systematic manner? This article presents a set of video-based visualisation ...
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(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2007)This report summarises the results of my COST Action 287 ConGAS Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) to the the Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory (IDMIL) at McGill University in February 2007.
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)As may be seen at concerts and in various everyday listening situa- tions, people often make spontaneous gestures when listening to music. We believe these gestures are interesting to study because they may reveal important ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)One of the most remarkable achievements of Pierre Schaeffer's musical thought is his proposal of the sonorous object as the focus of research. The sonorous object is a fragment of sound, typically in the range of a few ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)The paper reports on the development of prototypes of glass instruments. The focus has been on developing acoustic instruments specifically designed for electronic treatment, and where timbral qualities have had priority ...
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Groove (Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)This chapter provides an overview of the concept of groove, investigating musical and sonic components of grooves as well as aspects related to pleasure, process, and affect. It starts out by addressing three distinct ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)The present study investigates how people move and relate to each other – and to the dance music – in a club-like setting created within a motion capture laboratory. Three groups of participants (29 in total) each danced ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Artikkelen problematiserer den rollen svart rytmisk musikk har spilt innenfor populærmusikkfeltet i etterkrigstiden. Den begynner med en gjennomgang av den historiske bakgrunnen for forestillingen om svart rytme som ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)This paper addresses how to determine a sufficient frame (sampling) rate for an optical motion tracking system using passive reflective markers. When using passive markers for the optical motion tracking, avoiding identity ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)We present the results of a series of observation studies of ourselves standing still on the floor for 10 minutes at a time. The aim has been to understand more about our own standstill, and to develop a heightened sensitivity ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)In this chapter, I explore the assignment of particular gender stereotypes to sound and performance in contemporary electronically produced dance music, focusing on the sonic quality of ‘fluffiness’ (cf. Gavanas and Reitsamer ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Based on innumerable informal accounts and a number of scientific studies, there can be no doubt that people often have quite vivid images of musical sound in their minds, and that this is the case regardless of levels of ...
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Imperfect Sound Forever: Loudness Wars, Listening Formations and the History of Sound Reproduction (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2013)The purpose of this paper is to provide some historical perspective on the so-called loudness war. Critics of the loudness war maintain that the average volume level of popular music recordings has increased dramatically ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)The recent surge of interest towards the paradoxical pleasure produced by sad music has generated a handful of theories and an array of empirical explorations on the topic. However, none of these have attempted to weigh ...