Description:

Probatio is an open-source toolkit for prototyping new digital musical instruments created in 2016. Based on a morphological chart of postures and controls of musical instruments, it comprises a set of blocks, bases, hubs, and supports that, when combined, allows designers, artists, and musicians to experiment with different input devices for musical interaction in different positions and postures. Several musicians have used the system and based on these past experiences, we assembled a list of improvements to implement version 1.0 of the toolkit through a unique international partnership between two laboratories in Brazil and Canada. The system is developed in digital fabrication using two different techniques: laser cutting and 3D printing, comparing their pros and cons. We finally discuss the opportunities and challenges of fully sharing the project online and replicating its parts in both countries.

https://github.com/probatio/probatio

IDMIL Participants:

• Edu Meneses
• Filipe Calegario
• Ivan Franco
• John Sullivan
• Johnty Wang
• Joseph Malloch
• Josh Rohs
• Marcelo M. Wanderley
• Mathias Bredholt
• Mathias Kirkegaard
• Pierre Talbot
• Robin Vandebrouck

External Participants:

João Tragtenberg

Research Areas:

• Embedded Systems
• Interface Design
• Sensors

Funding:

• NSERC

Publications:

• Calegario, F., Wanderley, M., Tragtenberg, J., Wang, J., Sullivan, J., Meneses, E., Franco, I., Kirkegaard, M., Bredholt, M., Rohs, J. (2020). Probatio 1.0: collaborative development of a toolkit for functional DMI prototypes. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2020) (pp. 6). Birmingham, UK.
• Calegario, F., Tragtenberg, J., Wang, J., Franco, I., Meneses, E. A. L., Wanderley, M. M. (2020). Open Source DMIs: towards a replication certification for online shared projects of digital musical instruments. In Proc. of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII) (pp. 14). Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Calegario, F., Wanderley, M. M., Huot, S., Cabral, G., Ramalho, G. (2017). A Method and Toolkit for Digital Musical Instruments: Generating Ideas and Prototypes. In IEEE Multimedia (pp. 63–71).

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