In this paper, we reflect on the focus of “newness” in NIME research and practice and argue
that there is a missing O (for “Old”) in framing our academic discourse. A systematic review …

This paper provides an overview of the process of editing the forthcoming anthology" A
NIME Reader-Fifteen Years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression." The selection …

This article advocates for a dialogue about research traditions and paradigms within the
community around New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Although the research …

This paper deals with the question of how the development of new musical artifacts can
benefit from deeply engaging with contemporary musical practice. With the novel ideas …

The term 'NIME'-New Interfaces for Musical Expression-has come to signify both technical
and cultural characteristics. Not all new musical instruments are NIMEs, and not all NIMEs …

So far, NIME research has been mostly inward-looking, dedicated to divulging and studying
our own work and having limited engagement with trends outside our community. Though …

The ideation, conception and implementation of new musical interfaces and instruments
provide more than the mere construction of digital objects. As physical and digital …

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 …

Cutting edge embedded systems have always been a part of NIME's practices. Low-
resource computing hardware, such as microcontrollers or single-board computers, can be …

This paper provides figures and metrics over twenty years of New Interfaces for Musical
Expression conferences, which are derived by analyzing the publicly available paper …