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Musical vibrotactile feedback

This thesis discusses the prospect of integrating vibrotactile feedback into digital musical instruments. A holistic approach is taken, considering the role of new instruments in electronic music, as well as the concept of touch in culture and experience. Research about the human biological systems that enable vibrotactile perception is reviewed, with a special focus on its relevance to music. Out of this review, an approach to vibration synthesis is developed that integrates the current understanding of human vibrotactile perception. An account of musical vibrotactile interaction design is presented, which includes the implementation of a vibrotactile feedback synthesizer and the construction of two hardware prototypes that display musical vibration.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.101876
Date January 2007
CreatorsBirnbaum, David M.
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Arts (Schulich School of Music.)
Rights© David M. Birnbaum, 2007
Relationalephsysno: 002666714, proquestno: AAIMR38445, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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