Technology or theology? : music beyond technology

Interaction and Music Technology

This SIG intends to investigate the ongoing dialogue between music technology and the field of human-computer interaction. Our specific aims are to explore major findings of specialized musical interface research over recent years and convey these to HCI researchers who may be interested but not yet active in this area, as well as to consider how to stimulate closer cooperation between music te...

Beyond technology-renaissance engineers

Beyond Technology—Renaissance Engineers T O compete in newly emerging international markets, industry must be committed to technological change and innovation. Today's power brokers must make an attempt to keep pace with rapid changes in technology, which is somewhat like trying to change the oil in a car while it is traveling 70 mi/h down the highway. In this super-charged atmosphere, engineer...

Disciplining the Sustainable City: Moving Beyond Science, Technology or Society?

Inclusive Technology and Community Music

A novel accessible music controller (“the Benemin”) is described. Eight distance measuring sensors are used to enable users to control sound through a variety of actions appropriate to their individual needs. The system has been designed to be inclusive for people with physical disabilities but can be thought of more generally as a ‘tool’ for use within improvised music. It is envisaged that th...

Durham Music Technology: Activity Report

Durham Music Technology is an ongoing collaboration between the Concurrent Digital Signal Processing group in the School of Engineering and the Electroacoustic Music Studio in the Department of Music at Durham University. In this activity report, we present current research interests in multi-processor architectures for real-time synthesis, VLSI implementation of synthesis algorithms, sound ana...