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- Pauletto, Sandra, Associate Professor, et al.
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Connecting sound design future with historical creative practices : developing digital tools by modelling historical sound effects
- 2023
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Ingår i: Proceedings Forum Acusticum 2023 - 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023. - : European Acoustics Association, EAA.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper describes the development of three digital sound prototypes based on three sounding objects selected from those in use at the Swedish Radio Sound Studio. Knowledge about historical and current creative practice was gathered through an in-depth interview with the Swedish Radio sound engineer and sound maker Michael Johansson and the observation of his Foley practice. A design workshop was carried out with music composers and interaction designers to ideate how these historical sound design concepts could be developed in the digital domain. On the basis of the workshop results, we built three prototypes that were exhibited at Tekniska Museet in Stockholm where we gathered feedback from 126 people. Finally, we discuss what we have learnt from utilising an approach rooted in historical creative practice, emphasizing benefits for contemporary digital sound design.
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- Hölling, Josefine, et al.
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Audio-Visual Interactive Art: Investigating the effect of gaze-controlled audio on visual attention and short-term memory
- 2021
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Ingår i: AM '21: Audio Mostly 2021 Proceedings. - New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents the development and testing of a system for interactive art. The system utilises eye tracking technology to detect the eye movements of people looking at a painting, and then uses this data to trigger sounds related to the painting. The system was developed in collaboration with a visual artist and a musician with the ultimate aim to integrate it into a new piece of interactive art. Described here in detail is the design and development of a prototype which was tested using a copy of a painting by Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights. Through this system we tested whether gaze-controlled audio affects visual attention and short term memory.
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- Lindetorp, Hans, 1968-, et al.
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Collaborative music-making : special educational needs school assistants as facilitators in performances with accessible digital musical instruments
- 2023
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Computer Science. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 2624-9898. ; 5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The field of research dedicated to Accessible Digital Musical Instruments (ADMIs) is growing and there is an increased interest in promoting diversity and inclusion in music-making. We have designed a novel system built into previously tested ADMIs that aims at involving assistants, students with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD), and a professional musician in playing music together. In this study the system is evaluated in a workshop setting using quantitative as well as qualitative methods. One of the main findings was that the sounds from the ADMIs added to the musical context without making errors that impacted the music negatively even when the assistants mentioned experiencing a split between attending to different tasks, and a feeling of insecurity toward their musical contribution. We discuss the results in terms of how we perceive them as drivers or barriers toward reaching our overarching goal of organizing a joint concert that brings together students from the SEN school with students from a music school with a specific focus on traditional orchestral instruments. Our study highlights how a system of networked and synchronized ADMIs could be conceptualized to include assistants more actively in collaborative music-making, as well as design considerations that support them as facilitators.
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- Svahn, Maria, et al.
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Camera-ready submission The Rullen Band
- 2021
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. - : International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Music education is an important part of the school curriculum, it teaches children to be creative and to collaborate with others. Music gives individuals another medium to communicate through, which is especially important for individuals with cognitive or physical disabilities. Teachers of children with severe disabilities have expressed a lack of musical instruments adapted for these children, which leads to an incomplete music education for this group. This study aims at designing and evaluating a set of collaborative musical instruments for children with cognitive and physical disabilities, and the research is done together with the special education school Rullen in Stockholm, Sweden. The process was divided into three main parts, a pre-study, building and designing, and finally a user study. Based on findings from previous research, together with input received from teachers at Rullen during the pre-study, the resulting design consists of four musical instruments that are connected to a central hub. The results show that the instruments functioned as intended and that the design makes musical learning accessible in a way traditional instruments do not, as well as creates a good basis for a collaborative musical experience. However, fully evaluating the effect of playing together requires more time for the children to get comfortable with the instruments and also for the experiment leaders to test different setups to optimize the conditions for a good interplay.
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- Svahn, Maria, et al.
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Collaborative music-making with Special Education Needs students and their assistants : A study on music playing among preverbal individuals with the Funki instruments
- 2023
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Ingår i: NNDR 16th Research Conference Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The field of research dedicated to Accessible Digital Musical Instruments (ADMIs) is growingand there is an increased interest in how different accessible music technologies can beused to promote diversity and inclusion in music-making. Researchers currently voice theneed to move away from a techno-centric view of musical expression and to focus more onthe sociocultural contexts in which ADMIs are used. In this study, we explore how “Funki”, aset of ADMIs developed for students with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities(PMLD) can be used in a collaborative music-making setting in a Special Educational Needs(SEN) school, together with assistants. Previous findings have suggested that the musicalinteractions taking place, as well as the group dynamics, were highly dependent on thesession assistants and their level of participation. It is therefore important to consider theactive role of assistants, who may have little or no prior music training. The instrumentsprovided should allow the assistant to not only help the students in making music but alsoenable the assistants themselves to create sounds without interfering or disturbing thesounds produced by the students. In the current work, we show how the Funki instrumentscould be expanded with WebAudioXML (waxml) for mapping user interactions to controlmusic and audio parameters and make it possible for assistants to control musical aspectslike the tonality, rhythmic density, or structure of the composition. The system was tested in acase study with four students and their assistants at a SEN school, including semi-structuredinterviews on how Funki supported inclusive music-making and the assistant’s role in thiscontext. The findings of this work highlight how ADMIs could be conceptualized anddesigned to include special education teachers, teaching assistants, and other carers moreactively in collaborative music-making.
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