Tooka: explorations of two person instruments
NIME '02 Proceedings of the 2002 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
The Pipe: explorations with breath control
NIME '03 Proceedings of the 2003 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
Epipe: a novel electronic woodwind controller
NIME '04 Proceedings of the 2004 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
Frequency content of breath pressure and implications for use in control
NIME '05 Proceedings of the 2005 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
On the use of flute air jet as a musical control variable
NIME '05 Proceedings of the 2005 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
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This paper introduces the design of a handheld musical input device that produces control data by measuring, and analyzing, the resonances of carefully tuned pipes. The device provides input control information to several virtual reed instruments running in parallel, responsible for producing the sound. Inspired by the khaen, a musical instrument from Northeast Thailand and Laos, the controller consists of a row of acoustic tubes, with finger holes that change the tube's resonance when covered. Each tube is equipped with both a microphone recording the change in pressure variations at a set location along the tube. The mic outputs are mixed, and input to the computer via the mic level audio ports, allowing the controller to interface very reliably (and conveniently) to most laptop computers.