Humans have been developing and playing musical instruments for millennia. With
technological advancements, instruments were becoming ever more sophisticated. In recent …

Every new edition of NIME brings dozens of new DMIs and the feeling that only a few of
them will eventually break through. Previous work tried to address this issue with a …

This article presents recent developments in actuated musical instruments created by the
authors, who also describe an ecosystemic model of actuated performance activities that …

This paper proposes a new class of augmented musical instruments,“Smart Instruments”,
which are characterized by embedded computational intelligence, bidirectional wireless …

Capacitive touch sensing is increasingly used in musical controllers, particularly those
based on multi-touch screen interfaces. However, in contrast to the venerable piano-style …

Guitars are physical instruments that require skillful two-handed use. Their use is also
supported by diverse digital and physical resources, such as videos and chord charts. To …

The piano keyboard offers a significant range and polyphony for well-trained pianists. Yet,
apart from dynamics, the piano is incapable of translating expressive movements such as …

The keyboard is one of the most popular and enduring musical interfaces ever created.
Today, the keyboard is most closely associated with the acoustic piano and the electronic …

This paper presents a portable optical measurement system for capturing continuous key
motion on any piano. Very few concert venues have MIDI-enabled pianos, and many …

(57) ABSTRACT A musical keyboard touch sensor pad having a plurality of integrated
sensors disposed in an array is disclosed. The plu rality of integrated sensors represents a …