Block jam

Authors:
Henry Newton-Dunn;Hiroaki Nakano;James Gibson
Affiliations:
Sony CSL Interaction Lab;Sony Design Center;Sony Design Center Europe
Venue:
ACM SIGGRAPH 2002 conference abstracts and applications
Year:
2002

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Abstract

Block Jam is a musical interface controlled by the arrangement of 24 tangible blocks. By positioning the blocks (Figure 1), musical phrases and sequences are created, allowing multiple users to play and collaborate.