Human-Computer interaction methodologies applied in the evaluation of haptic digital musical instruments

Young, Gareth W.

Human-Computer interaction methodologies applied in the evaluation of haptic digital musical instruments

dc.check.chapterOfThesis	5
dc.check.embargoformat	E-thesis on CORA only	en
dc.check.opt-out	Not applicable	en
dc.check.reason	This thesis is due for publication or the author is actively seeking to publish this material	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Murphy, David	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Weeter, Jeffrey	en
dc.contributor.author	Young, Gareth W.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-09T11:51:02Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.date.submitted	2016
dc.description.abstract	Recent developments in interactive technologies have seen major changes in the manner in which artists, performers, and creative individuals interact with digital music technology; this is due to the increasing variety of interactive technologies that are readily available today. Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) present musicians with performance challenges that are unique to this form of computer music. One of the most significant deviations from conventional acoustic musical instruments is the level of physical feedback conveyed by the instrument to the user. Currently, new interfaces for musical expression are not designed to be as physically communicative as acoustic instruments. Specifically, DMIs are often void of haptic feedback and therefore lack the ability to impart important performance information to the user. Moreover, there currently is no standardised way to measure the effect of this lack of physical feedback. Best practice would expect that there should be a set of methods to effectively, repeatedly, and quantifiably evaluate the functionality, usability, and user experience of DMIs. Earlier theoretical and technological applications of haptics have tried to address device performance issues associated with the lack of feedback in DMI designs and it has been argued that the level of haptic feedback presented to a user can significantly affect the user’s overall emotive feeling towards a musical device. The outcome of the investigations contained within this thesis are intended to inform new haptic interface.	en
dc.description.status	Not peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Young, G. W. 2016. Human-Computer interaction methodologies applied in the evaluation of haptic digital musical instruments. PhD Thesis, University College Cork	en
dc.identifier.endpage	207	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/3256
dc.language	English	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University College Cork	en
dc.rights	© 2016, Gareth William Young.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	Haptics	en
dc.subject	Psychophysics	en
dc.subject	Digital musical instruments	en
dc.subject	Computer music	en
dc.subject	Sound and music computing	en
dc.subject	Musical instrument analysis	en
dc.thesis.opt-out	false
dc.title	Human-Computer interaction methodologies applied in the evaluation of haptic digital musical instruments	en
dc.type	Doctoral thesis	en
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral Degree (Structured)	en
dc.type.qualificationname	PhD (Arts)	en
ucc.workflow.supervisor	d.murphy@cs.ucc.ie