Ways of knowing, ways of writing: technical practice research in new musical instrument design

T Pelinski, A McPherson, R Fiebrink - Journal of New Music …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Musical instruments are not static and neutral technological objects, but objects we shape
through our designing and performing practices. Along these lines, various authors have …

Opportunities for practice-based research in musical instrument design

A Johnston - Leonardo, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
This paper considers the relationship between design, practice and research in the area of
New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). The author argues that NIME practitioner …

Designing new musical interfaces as research: What's the problem?

L Dahl - Leonardo, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
Practice-based research in NIME is rooted in the practices of design and musical
performance. Perspectives from HCI on the relationship between design and research …

Diversity in NIME research practices

M Gurevich - Leonardo, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
This article advocates for a dialogue about research traditions and paradigms within the
community around New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Although the research …

[PDF][PDF] Some opportunities for practice-based research for nime

A Johnston - Proceedings of the Practice-Based Research …, 2014 - andrewjohnston.net
This paper argues for symmetrical consideration of new musical instrument/interface1
design and creative musical practice. In NIME research, music as an art-form is often spoken …

What makes a good musical instrument? a matter of processes, ecologies and specificities

M Rodger, P Stapleton, M Van Walstijn… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pure.qub.ac.uk
Understanding the question of what makes a good musical instrument raises several
conceptual challenges. Researchers have regularly adopted tools from traditional HCI as a …

Addressing NIME's Prevailing Sociotechnical, Political, and Epistemological Exigencies

L Hayes, A Marquez-Borbon - Computer music journal, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Nearly two decades after its inception as a workshop at the Association for Computing
Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Interfaces for …

[PDF][PDF] Beyond evaluation: Linking practice and theory in new musical interface design

AJ Johnston - New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2011 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
This paper presents an approach to practice-based research in new musical instrument
design. At a high level, the process involves drawing on relevant theories and aesthetic …

Crafting experience: Designing digital musical instruments for long-term use in artistic practice

L Elblaus - 2018 - diva-portal.org
This thesis collects a series of publications that all present work where digital musical
instruments (DMIs) played a central role. While the papers focus on the individual projects …

[HTML][HTML] The 10,000 instruments workshop-(im) practical research for critical speculation

G Lepri, J Bowers, S Topley, P Stapleton, P Bennett… - NIME …, 2022 - nime.pubpub.org
This paper describes the 10,000 Instruments workshop, a collaborative online event
conceived to generate interface ideas and speculate on music technology through open …