Expanding Access to Music Technology -- Rapid Prototyping Accessible Instrument Solutions For Musicians With Intellectual Disabilities

2020/11/18 by Quinn Jarvis-Holland, Crystal Cortez, Jarvis-Holland, Quinn +5
Computer Science · Engineering · Neuroscience · #Interactive and Immersive Displays #Music Technology and Sound Studies #Tactile and Sensory Interactions #cs.HC #cs.SD #eess.AS

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2011.09143

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2020

arxiv created 2020/11/18 · arxiv updated 2020/11/19

Abstract

Using open-source and creative coding frameworks, a teamof artist-engineers from Portland Community College work-ing with artists who experience Intellectual/Developmentaldisabilities prototyped an ensemble of adapted instrumentsand synthesizers that facilitate real-time in-key collabora-tion. The instruments employ a variety of sensors, send-ing the resulting musical controls to software sound gener-ators via MIDI. Careful consideration was given to the bal-ance between freedom of expression, and curating the pos-sible sonic outcomes as adaptation. Evaluation of adaptedinstrument design may differ greatly from frameworks forevaluating traditional instruments or products intended formass-market, though the results of such focused and indi-vidualised design have a variety of possible applications.

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