The accordiatron: a MIDI controller for interactive music

  • Authors:

  • Michael Gurevich;Stephan von Muehlen

  • Affiliations:

  • Stanford University, Stanford, California;Stanford University, Stanford, California

  • Venue:
  • NIME '01 Proceedings of the 2001 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

The Accordiatron is a new MIDI controller for real-time performance based on the paradigm of a conventional squeeze box or concertina. It translates the gestures of a performer to the standard communication protocol of MIDI, allowing for flexible mappings of performance data to sonic parameters. When used in conjunction with a realtime signal processing environment, the Accordiatron becomes an expressive, versatile musical instrument. A combination of sensory outputs providing both discrete and continuous data gives the subtle expressiveness and control necessary for interactive music.