Programming and enjoying music with your eyes closed

  • Authors:
  • Steffen Pauws;Don Bouwhuis;Berry Eggen

  • Affiliations:
  • IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, Den Dolech 2, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands;IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, Den Dolech 2, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands;Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, the Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Design and user evaluation of a multimodal interaction style for music programming is described. User requirements were instant usability and optional use of a visual display. The interaction style consists of a visual roller metaphor. User control of the rollers proceeds by manipulating a force feedback trackball. Tactual and auditory cues strengthen the roller impression and support use without a visual display. The evaluation investigated task performance and procedural learning when performing music programming tasks with and without a visual display. No procedural instructions were provided. Tasks could be completed successfully with and without a visual display, though programming without a display needed more time to complete. Prior experience with a visual display did not improve performance without a visual display. When working without a display, procedures have to be acquired and remembered explicitly, as more procedures were remembered after working without a visual display. It is demonstrated that multimodality provides new ways to interact with music.