MetaMuse: a novel control metaphor for granular synthesis

  • Authors:
  • Ashley Gadd;Sidney Fels

  • Affiliations:
  • Human Communications Tech. Lab., Vancouver, B.C., Canada;Human Communications Tech. Lab., Vancouver, B.C., Canada

  • Venue:
  • CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Traditional musical intruments have a direct connection between the way they are played or controlled and the properties of the sound produced. This connectedness has, in general, been lacking in computer-based musical instruments. We present a prop-based synthesis controller that uses a metaphor to create a connection between the control and the sound. Specific to granular synthesis, the metaphor is one of falling particles striking a surface to create a sound. The concept is extensible to other metaphors and other synthesis techniques.