http://idmil.org/ 2013-05-19T16:41:59-04:00 http://idmil.org/ http://idmil.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/2010_t-stick_composition_workshops?rev=1310748847 [Four soprano T-Sticks] website: <http://tcw2010.wordpress.com/> " The 2010 T-Stick Composition Workshops (2010TCW) bring together five composers (any nationality, all ages) to develop new live electroacoustic solos for the soprano t-stick digital musical instrument in collaboration with Canadian composer and digital instrumentalist, D. Andrew Stewart. Selected composers will work individually with D. A. Stewart, being introduced to the present-day modes of performance on the soprano t-stick… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/2_phd_theses?rev=1310748847 Two PhD theses involving research in the IDMIL were recently made available online: Nicolas Rasamimanana: Geste instrumental du violoniste en situation de jeu : analyse et modélisation. (Violin player instrumental gesture: analysis and modelling.), at IRCAM in Paris. Rasimanana used motion capture data of violinists which he recorded in the IDMIL. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/4th_international_conference_on_enactive_interfaces?rev=1310748847 Several IDMIL projects were presented recently at the Enactive/07 conference in Grenoble, France, including Dimple, DMI evaluation and Gesture control of sound spatialization. Two of the concerts produced at the conference used systems and software developed in the IDMIL: Arnaud Petit's Concertino Nervoso, performed by McGill professor Fabrice Marandola; and the premiere of Sean Ferguson's Miroirs, performed by 'cellist and McGill Digital Orchestra member Chloé Dominguez. Miroirs featured [non… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/bass_hyper-flute_performance_at_saltation?rev=1310748847 The bass hyper-flute was developed in the IDMIL by Cléo Palacio-Quintin. [Saltation éphérique] "Vendredi 15 octobre 2010 Concert à 20h, précédés d'une présentation des artistes à 19h15. Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 100 rue Sherbrooke est, Montréal Saltation éphérique Avec : Cléo Palacio-Quintin (composition, hyper-flûtes et électronique) David Cronkite (composition, piano et électronique) Louis Dufort (composition, vidéo et électronique) La saison démarre par un … text/html 2012-01-29T14:55:30-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/brams_video?rev=1327866930 The following video was recently released by the International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (Brams). It includes a segment on motion capture of performing musicians using the new 32-camera system from Qualisys, with appearances by IDMIL director Marcelo M. Wanderley and IDMIL doctoral researcher (and cellist) Erika Donald. text/html 2012-11-19T19:55:00-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/call_for_submissions_-_cmj_special_issue_advances_in_the_design_of_mapping_for_computer_music?rev=1353372900 Call for Submissions - CMJ Special Issue: “Advances in the Design of Mapping for Computer Music” Guest Editors: Marcelo M. Wanderley and Joseph Malloch When we use digital tools for making music, the properties and parameters of both sound synthesizers and human interfaces have an abstract representation. One consequence of the digital nature of these signals and states is that gesture and action are completely separable from sound production, and must be artificially associated by the syst… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/cirmmt_s_workshop_on_motion_capture_for_music_performance_october_30-31_2006?rev=1310748847 * More information at the workshop webpage * Some photos of the event (see all photos): [MoCap Hands-on Session during the Workshop] [MoCap Hands-on Session during the Workshop. Performer: Kristie Ibrahim] ---------- Motion Capture, Workshop text/html 2012-04-19T14:34:29-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/concert_experimental_music_from_brazil_and_beyond?rev=1334860469 Video has now been posted from the concert “Experimental Music from Brazil and Beyond” at the University of Lethbridge. The concert featured two performances with T-Stick: a solo written by Patrick Hart and D. Andrew Stewart, and a trio improvisation by Fernando Rocha (percussion, including the Hyper-Kalimba), Elise Pittenger (cello) and D. Andrew Stewart (soprano T-Stick). text/html 2012-11-17T12:07:21-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/different_strokes_video?rev=1353172041 Different Strokes is a software system for performing music on a computer. It aims to allow a performer to create much of his or her performance sequences on-stage instead of relying on prepared control material. Digital Musical Instrument, Drawing, Software, Interface Design, News, Performance text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/digital_orchestra_video_posted?rev=1310748847 text/html 2012-10-03T17:08:38-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/emotion_as_content_in_music_performance_and_sonification?rev=1349298518 [name=Audio Environment for EIC|link=projects:eic_audio] IDMIL researchers Ian Hattwick and R. Michael Winters will be presenting software interfaces developed for emotion-related mapping in music performance and sonification. Their work is a result of a six month NSERC Engage grant for collaboration with Emotional Imaging Inc., a group developing technologies for realtime emotion recognition. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday September 26th at 1pm at CIRMMT. text/html 2013-03-13T13:13:59-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/engage_project_video_completed?rev=1363194839 In collaboration with Emotional Imaging Inc., IDMIL researchers R. Michael Winters and Ian Hattwick applied for a NSERC Engage grant to develop an audio environment for the Emotional Imaging Composer (EIC). The VideoLab released a video documenting their work. More information can be found on the project page. text/html 2011-09-30T16:48:03-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/facequencer_is_out?rev=1317415683 Bruno Angeles' project at Music Hack Day Montreal, facequencer, is now available for download. Get the MacOS/Windows installer or the source code, and start playing music with your webcam! This software was the crowd favorite at Music Hack Day Montreal. A simple application with humorous visuals, presenting it was fun! Check out a video of the application. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/first_meeting_of_the_anr_project_on_serge_de_laubier_s_meta-instrument._space_musical_rungis_south_of_paris_january_19_2007?rev=1310748847 First meeting of the ANR project on Serge de Laubier's Méta-Instrument\, at the Space Musical, Rungis (south of Paris), January 19, 2007. From left to right: Joseph Laralde (LaBRI/SCRIME - Bordeaux University), Norbert Schnell (Ircam), Marcelo M. Wanderley (IDMIL - McGill), Francis Faber (la Grande Fabrique), Myriam Desainte- Catherine (LaBRI/SCRIME - Bordeaux University), Hugues Genevois (LAM - Paris VI University), Gyorgy Kurtag (LaBRI/SCRIME - Bordeaux University), Serge de Laubier, PI (P… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/forthcoming_workshop_on_mocap_data_exchange_and_the_establishment_of_a_preliminary_database_of_music_performances_mocap_and_video?rev=1310748847 The Workshop on MoCap Data Exchange and the Establishment of a preliminary Database of Music Performances (MoCap and Video)will take place during the SMPC 2007 Conference. Organizers: Isabelle Cossette (CIRMMT, McGill University), Marcelo M. Wanderley text/html 2012-09-19T16:33:35-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_at_icad_2012?rev=1348086815 IDMILer R. Michael Winters presented ["New Directions for the Sonification of Expressive Movement in Music Performance"] at the 18th International Conference on Auditory Display in Atlanta, Georgia. The paper distinguishes effective and expressive movements in music, arguing that successful expressive movement sonification requires data features important to visual perception and musical/structural context. text/html 2012-01-24T17:50:46-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_image_at_scienceonline2012?rev=1327445446 Vanessa Yaremchuk's image of Dr. Xenia Pestova performing with the FM Gloves as part of the McGill Digital Orchestra Project was included in the art show for ScienceOnline2012. FM Gloves, Digital Orchestra text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_instruments_at_innovaction_in_italy?rev=1310748847 The T-Stick and Gyrotyre digital musical instruments, both developed in the IDMIL, were displayed and demonstrated February 14-17 at the Innovaction fair of “knowledge, ideas and innovation” in Udine, Italy. Lab director Marcelo M. Wanderley and doctoral student Joseph Malloch attended. According to the [final press release] from the organizers, over 45 000 visitors attended Innovaction this year. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_instruments_at_wired_nextfest?rev=1310748847 Several digital musical instruments from the IDMIL were displayed and demonstrated at WIRED Magazine's Nextfest September 13–16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Among them were the T-Stick, the Rulers, the Tralf (now the “T-box”), and a pair of sensor-equipped gloves. IDMIL researchers Steve Sinclair and Joe Malloch attended, along with DCS director Sean Ferguson, to demonstrate how DMIs are being used in the context of the McGill Digital Orchestra project. The press release can be vi… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_lab_photo?rev=1310748847 [IDMIL lab photo] Group photo of the participants in the IDMIL symposium (Photo credit: Moonseok Kim). Back row, from left: Erika Donald, Mark Zadel, Vanessa Yaremchuk. Steven Livingstone, Stephen Sinclair, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Gabriel Vigliensoni, Jerôme Nika. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_nime2011?rev=1310748847 Array Several IDMIL projects were represented at this year's International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, including: * A three-hour workshop on the open-source mapping library libmapper * Presentation of the paper “Examining the Effects of Embedded Vibrotactile Feedback on the Feel of a Digital Musical Instrument” by Mark T. Marshall and Marcelo M. Wanderley * A solo performance on the soprano T-Stick by composer/performer D. Andrew Stewart * A trio performan… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_project_at_mcgill_headway_magazine?rev=1310748847 Avrum Hollinger's work is featured in the latest issue of McGill's Headway Magazine, a collaboration with Profs. Robert Zatorre and Virginia Penhune. Array text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_technology_in_concert?rev=1310748847 2008/10/23 --- IDMIL technology has appeared in several live@CIRMMT concerts and events over the past week: * A sensing system using piezo-electric contact microphones on a percussionist's fingertips was used in Steven Schick's performance of Chatter/Clatter, part of composer Roger Reynolds' Sanctuary Project. * Custom control hardware built by Mark Marshall was used in an updated performance of Karlheinz Stockahausen's Mantra by Xenia Pestova and Pascal Meyer. * An adapted version of th… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_theses_available_online?rev=1310748847 We have added a list of theses done at the IDMIL as well as links to the PDF documents of their final versions. Please check the publications page for more. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/idmil_work_featured_at_focus_montreal_global_tv?rev=1310748847 Richard Dagenais, the anchor for the program, interviewed prof. Wanderley and IDMIL graduate students Stephen Sinclair and Gabriel Vigliensoni on the Jan. 8th 2011 edition of Focus Montreal at Global TV. [Richard Dagenais, Anchor of Focus Montreal, and Marcelo Wanderley] [Marcelo Wanderley, Focus Montreal, Jan. 8th 2011] text/html 2012-01-29T15:02:24-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/implicit_mapping_with_libmapper_and_mnm?rev=1327867344 Mapping, Implicit Mapping, libmapper, Video ---------- text/html 2012-08-08T22:35:24-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/improvisation_-_transir_for_bass_flute_and_soprano_t-stick?rev=1344479724 An improvised duo for bass flute and soprano t-stick at the Centro Mexicano para la Música y Artes Sonoras in Morelia, Mexico (29 June, 2012): Salvador Torre, amplified bass flute, and D. Andrew Stewart, soprano t-stick. Interface Design, T-Stick, Video text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/interview_about_the_digital_orchestra_project?rev=1310748847 From the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts: an interview with performers Xenia Pestova and Erika Donald, in which they discuss their experience with the McGill Digital Orchestra Project. Or you can download the [video] (.flv 128.1 MB) or [audio] (.mp3 53.4 MB). text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/introducing_the_minibee?rev=1310748847 The MiniBee is a small, arduino-like circuit board designed for the SenseStage project, a collaboration between the IDMIL and Chris Salter's lab at Concordia University. The boards include the footprint for a XBee mesh-networking wireless transceiver, creating compact, low-cost sensing nodes which we are now using for investigating wp>ubiquitous computing in the media arts. text/html 2011-11-03T14:30:58-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/lab_photo?rev=1320345058 From left: R. Michael Winters, Stephen Sinclair, Carolina Brum Medeiros, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Vanessa Yaremchuk, Ian Hattwick, Mark Zadel, Joseph Malloch. Missing: Marcello Giordano, Avrum Hollinger, Marlon Schumacher, Erika Donald, Bruno Angeles, Mahtab Ghamsari-Esfahani. text/html 2013-01-07T18:51:29-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/les_gestes_promo_video?rev=1357602689 Here is a promo video for the Gestes Project. Instrument design, development and construction by Joseph Malloch, Ian Hattwick, and Anthony Piciacchia. Dance, Interface Design text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/libmapper_0.1_released?rev=1310748847 libmapper provides a network-enabled middleware that allows an application to announce input and output signals to a subnet using a shared multicast UDP port, and automatically respond to requests to create dynamic connections. By using multicast, we avoid dependence on a central hub to manage connections, and use it to arrange signal transmission on a peer-to-peer basis without requiring a rebroadcasting infrastructure for data sharing. Additionally, this decentralized approach allows collabor… text/html 2011-10-30T16:04:06-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/libmapper_0.2_released?rev=1320005046 libmapper v0.2 brings a number of improvements: * bugfixes * API simplification * Basic support for vector signals * API for querying the values of device input signals * Python bindings now include monitor functionality * Java bindings for devices and signals text/html 2013-04-28T17:10:51-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/libmapper_0.3_released?rev=1367183451 In addition to many improvements and bugfixes, libmapper v0.3 includes several major new features: * Time: libmapper now supports timetagging every signal update. With this we include the ability to bundle several signal updates together using “queues” which defer sending of updates. We also add an optional rate property to signals which can be used to represent regularly-sampled signals. This means that it is possible to support “blocks” of data where each sample does not have t… text/html 2013-01-14T20:44:51-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/libmapper_video?rev=1358214291 Mapping, libmapper, Video ---------- text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/michel_waisvisz_nime03_keynote_on_youtube?rev=1310748847 We have uploaded more videos to the IDMIL YouTube account over the last few days. Here is the late Michel Waisvisz (of STEIM, NL) giving a keynote lecture at the 2003 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression here at McGill University - this is part 1 of 6; the other 5 parts can be viewed here. text/html 2013-05-08T15:32:18-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/miremotion-visualizer?rev=1368041538 After working the past month with MIREmotion, I decided to make a visualizer for it. The output is a small GUI that generates graphs displaying the relevant audio-features for each emotional dimension or category. The graphs include not only the MIREmotion score, but also the limits where relevant. It also saves these graphs in .eps format and also a new .wav file with the descriptive title. text/html 2011-09-23T16:15:18-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/music_hackday_montreal?rev=1316808918 Array Music Hack Day comes to Montreal to explore and build the next generation of music applications. It's a full weekend of hacking in which participants will conceptualize, create and present their projects. Music + software + mobile + hardware + art + the web. Anything goes as long as it's music related. Music Hack Day is presented by developers for developers. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/new_idmil_interface_at_eureka_science_fair?rev=1310748847 A new IDMIL interface recently debuted at the Eureka! Science Fair in Montréal, along with other demonstrations of research associated with CIRMMT. Documentation for the “Interactive Table” has now been added to it's own project page. [The IDMIL Interactive Table at the Eureka! Science Fair.] text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/saint_patrick_s_day_2010?rev=1310748847 IDMILer's and friends celebrating St Patrick's Day in March 2010. From the left, clockwise: Marcello Giordano, Vijay Rudraraju, Alexis Carter, Joseph Malloch, Lucy (Darryl's dog), Avrum Hollinger, Darryl Cameron, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Alexandre Torres Porres (hidden) and Sylvain Le Beux. Photo by Baptiste Caramiaux. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/second_consonnes_meeting_-_paris_may_21-22_2007?rev=1310748847 The second meeting of the CONSONNES (Control of Natural and Artificial Sounds) project took place at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, on May 21 and May 22, 2007. Partners from various research institutions in France and abroad (Scotland and Canada) met to discuss the advancement of the project and future collaborations. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/sensestage_website_live?rev=1310748847 [Annotated circuit diagram of the MiniBee wireless node] The website for the SenseStage project is now live, with download links for all the software tools being developed for the project. The project features: * Wireless Sensor Hardware: A small, custom designed PCB board that can be worn on the wrist, sewn into clothing, or embedded in objects. * Data Sharing Environment: Collaborators subscribe to any data streams they want to use, and supply data streams of their own for use by other … text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/sensestage_workshop_blog?rev=1310748847 Array From the Blog: “The SenseStage workshop is meant to bring together people from different disciplines (dance, theatre, sound, video, light) and cooperate in a collaborative environment with interactive technologies. The workshop will take place in the Hexagram BlackBox, a special, configurable room equipped with a full set of theatre lights. Furthermore a multichannel sound setup and video equipment will be available. Last but not least, a set of sensor devices with sensors will be ava… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/smc_summer_school_2009_-_porto_portugal_july_18-21?rev=1310748847 Prof. Wanderley will be one of the teachers in the Sound and Music Computing (SCM) Summer School on Interactions with Environmental Sounds. It will take place at the Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, from July 18 to 21, 2009. The other teachers will be Joel Chadabe (Electronic Music Foundation) and Xavier Serra (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain). Tutors include Jean-Julien Acouturier, Stephan Baumann, Eoin Brazil, Federico Fontana, Bram de Jong, Luis Gustavo Martins, Rui Penha and Stef… text/html 2012-01-29T15:01:57-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/sonification_of_expressive_gesture_with_audio?rev=1327867317 The IDMIL Sonification Project just uploaded a new video with sonification and performance audio played at the same time. A paper documenting the tool has been submitted to a special issue of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society on auditory displays. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/t-stick_performance_at_icmc?rev=1310748847 This is D. Andrew Stewart playing his composition “Everybody to the power of one” for soprano T-Stick digital musical instrument, Monday August 17th in Pollack Hall, McGill University. ---------- T-Stick, Performance text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/t-stick_performance_at_launch_of_le_vivier?rev=1310748847 D. Andrew Stewart recently performed his new composition for the soprano T-Stick during the recent launch of Montréal contemporary music organization Le Vivier. Stewart is part of the McGill Digital Orchestra project, and has been collaborating on the T-Stick project since it began. text/html 2012-03-08T13:37:36-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/talk_at_cusec_2012?rev=1331231856 From a recent talk at the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference (CUSEC): Conference, Digital Orchestra, News, Video text/html 2012-10-03T17:07:41-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/teaser_photos_from_gestes_project?rev=1349298461 Here are a couple of teaser photos from the development of the Spine digital musical instrument for the Gestes Project. Design, development and construction by Joseph Malloch, Ian Hattwick, and Anthony Piciacchia. Dance, Interface Design text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/the_mcgill_reporter_features_idmil_research?rev=1310748847 Check the article about some of the research from the IDMIL on the McGill Report edition of May 17, 2007. [Marcelo Wanderley spinning the Gyrotyre, by Elliot Sinyor] text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/tiem_database_online?rev=1310748847 The online database for the Taxonomy of Realtime Interfaces for Electronic Music Performance project is now online. It currently includes information on 45 interfaces and instruments submitted to their online survey. From the website: " We are interested in exploring the practice and application of new interfaces for real-time electronic music performance. This research is part of an Australian Research Council Linkage project titled “Performance Practice in New Interfaces for Realtime Elec… text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/university_of_oslo_-_mcgill_partnership_and_cost-congas_meetings_-_nov.28_-_dec.1_university_of_oslo?rev=1310748847 University of Oslo - McGill partnership and COST-ConGAS meetings - Nov.28 - Dec.1, University of Oslo text/html 2013-02-22T15:36:50-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/unsounding_objects_premier?rev=1361565410 The premiere of Unsounding Objects was February 7, 2013 in the Live@CIRMMT New Instruments concert. A Montreal Gazette article about the concert features Unsounding Objects. Here is a video of the composition: audio, analysis, unsounding, objects, collaborative, DMI, percussion, digital, percussion, CIRMMT, suitcase, contact, microphone, concert, newspaper, article, video text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/upcoming_performance_by_mcgill_digital_orchestra?rev=1310748847 The McGill Digital Orchestra will premiere two new works for digital musical instruments on Wednesday, March 5 in Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal. The works, The Long And The Short Of It by Heather Hindman, and sounds between our minds by D. Andrew Stewart, will be performed as part of the MusiMars/MusiMarch contemporary music festival. Both pieces were supported by CIRMMT Director's Interdisciplinary Excellence Prizes. [MusiMars poster] text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/upcoming_t-stick_concert?rev=1310748847 Array T-Stick Music Wednesday, May 4, 8pm ISSUE PROJECT ROOM The (OA) Can Factory 232 3rd Street 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY Admission: $10 / $8 for members "Five artists come together to mark a unique moment in the development of digital instrumentalities and music. The T-Stick digital musical instrument, built in 2006, will take center stage in the world premieres of five new works, among the first music to be formally created for this instrument. D. Andrew Stewart, the leading expert i… text/html 2012-04-23T10:16:58-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/using_multiple_imus_for_sensing_deformation?rev=1335190618 IMU, Interface Design, Pliable Interfaces text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/video_from_sensestage_workshop?rev=1310748847 Here's a video showing some of the projects and feedback generated by the SenseStage Workshop held May 16-23, 2009. SenseStage is a collaborative project between the IDMIL and labXmodal at Concordia Unversity; the workshop was held to begin exploration of new hardware and software tools developed for using low-cost, distributed sensing in the media arts. text/html 2011-07-15T12:54:07-04:00 http://idmil.org/news/videos_of_t-stick_and_meta-instrument?rev=1310748847 ---------- T-Stick, Meta-instrument