The importance of parameter mapping in electronic instrument design

  • Authors:
  • Andy Hunt;Marcelo M. Wanderley;Matthew Paradis

  • Affiliations:
  • University of York, Heslington, York;McGill University, Montreal, Canada;University of York, Heslington, York

  • Venue:
  • NIME '02 Proceedings of the 2002 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In this paper we challenge the assumption that an electronic instrument consists solely of an interface and a sound generator. We emphasise the importance of the mapping between input parameters and system parameters, and claim that this can define the very essence of an instrument.