The cyclotactor: towards a tactile platform for musical interaction
This work addresses a problem for musicians and interactive music system designers, but it is incremental as it builds on existing tactile device concepts.
The paper tackles the challenge of creating a tactile input/output device for musical interaction by introducing cyclical relationships between tactile input and output, enabling the multiplexing of two degrees of freedom on a single tactile loop.
This paper reports on work in progress on a finger-based tactile I/O device for musical interaction. Central to the device is the ability to set up cyclical relationships between tactile input and output. A direct practical application of this to musical interaction is given, using the idea to multiplex two degrees of freedom on a single tactile loop.