This paper describes the concept and realization of The Drum Pants, a pair of pants with sensors and control switches, allowing the performer to play and record a virtual drum set or percussion rack by hitting the thighs ...

This paper presents our need for a Gesture Description Interchange Format (GDIF) for storing, retrieving and sharing information about music-related gestures. Ideally, it should be possible to store all sorts of data from ...

This paper presents our current approach in using a Polhemus Liberty electromagnetic tracker for controlling spatialization in a performance setup for small ensemble. We are developing a Gesture Description Interchange ...

This is an exploration of listeners association of gestures with musical sounds. The subjects listen to sounds that have been chosen for various salient features, and the tracing movements made by the subjects are recorded ...

This paper discusses the need for a framework for describing musical instruments and their design, and discusses some possible elements in such a framework. The framework is meant as an aid in the development of a coherent ...

Navigating hours of video material is often time-consuming, and traditional keyframe displays are not particularly useful when studying single-shot studio recordings of music-related movement. This paper presents the idea ...