Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical Resonators
The physics-based design and realization of a digital musical interface asks for the modeling and implementation of the contact-point interaction with the performer. Musical instruments always include a resonator that converts the input energy into sound, meanwhile feeding part of it back to the per...
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| author | Marius George Onofrei Federico Fontana Stefania Serafin |
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| description | The physics-based design and realization of a digital musical interface asks for the modeling and implementation of the contact-point interaction with the performer. Musical instruments always include a resonator that converts the input energy into sound, meanwhile feeding part of it back to the performer through the same point. Specifically during plucking or bowing interactions, musicians receive a handful of information from the force feedback and vibrations coming from the contact points. This paper focuses on the design and realization of digital music interfaces realizing two physical interactions along with a musically unconventional one, rubbing, rarely encountered in assimilable forms across the centuries on a few instruments. Therefore, it aims to highlight the significance of haptic rendering in improving quality during a musical experience as opposed to interfaces provided with a passive contact point. Current challenges are posed by the specific requirements of the haptic device, as well as the computational effort needed for realizing such interactions without occurrence during the performance of typical digital artifacts such as latency and model instability. Both are however seemingly transitory due to the constant evolution of computer systems for virtual reality and the progressive popularization of haptic interfaces in the sonic interaction design community. In summary, our results speak in favor of adopting nowadays haptic technologies as an essential component for digital musical interfaces affording point-wise contact interactions in the personal performance space. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e2dba03130440a4a56f274a602820652023-11-19T00:10:52ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522023-07-0112414410.3390/arts12040144Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical ResonatorsMarius George Onofrei0Federico Fontana1Stefania Serafin2Multisensory Experience Lab, CREATE, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkHuman Computer Interaction Lab, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalyMultisensory Experience Lab, CREATE, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkThe physics-based design and realization of a digital musical interface asks for the modeling and implementation of the contact-point interaction with the performer. Musical instruments always include a resonator that converts the input energy into sound, meanwhile feeding part of it back to the performer through the same point. Specifically during plucking or bowing interactions, musicians receive a handful of information from the force feedback and vibrations coming from the contact points. This paper focuses on the design and realization of digital music interfaces realizing two physical interactions along with a musically unconventional one, rubbing, rarely encountered in assimilable forms across the centuries on a few instruments. Therefore, it aims to highlight the significance of haptic rendering in improving quality during a musical experience as opposed to interfaces provided with a passive contact point. Current challenges are posed by the specific requirements of the haptic device, as well as the computational effort needed for realizing such interactions without occurrence during the performance of typical digital artifacts such as latency and model instability. Both are however seemingly transitory due to the constant evolution of computer systems for virtual reality and the progressive popularization of haptic interfaces in the sonic interaction design community. In summary, our results speak in favor of adopting nowadays haptic technologies as an essential component for digital musical interfaces affording point-wise contact interactions in the personal performance space.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/4/144physical modeling synthesismusical hapticsvibrotactile feedbackmusical interfaces |
| spellingShingle | Marius George Onofrei Federico Fontana Stefania Serafin Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical Resonators Arts physical modeling synthesis musical haptics vibrotactile feedback musical interfaces |
| title | Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical Resonators |
| title_full | Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical Resonators |
| title_fullStr | Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical Resonators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical Resonators |
| title_short | Perceptual Relevance of Haptic Feedback during Virtual Plucking, Bowing and Rubbing of Physically-Based Musical Resonators |
| title_sort | perceptual relevance of haptic feedback during virtual plucking bowing and rubbing of physically based musical resonators |
| topic | physical modeling synthesis musical haptics vibrotactile feedback musical interfaces |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/4/144 |
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