The Accordiatron: A MIDI Controller For Interactive Music
This addresses the need for more expressive controllers for musicians in interactive music, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing squeeze box paradigms.
The authors tackled the problem of creating an expressive MIDI controller for real-time music performance by developing the Accordiatron, which translates performer gestures into MIDI data for flexible sonic mapping, resulting in an instrument described as versatile and subtle in control.
The Accordiatron is a new MIDI controller for real-time performance based on the paradigm of a conventional squeeze box or concertina. It translates the gestures of a performer to the standard communication protocol of MIDI, allowing for flexible mappings of performance data to sonic parameters. When used in conjunction with a realtime signal processing environment, the Accordiatron becomes an expressive, versatile musical instrument. A combination of sensory outputs providing both discrete and continuous data gives the subtle expressiveness and control necessary for interactive music.