Pocket Gamelan swinging phones and ad hoc standards

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On the Nokia 6230, note envelopes must be formed by using. MIDI in a non-standard way. A pseudo note envelope is formed. by sending a single note ON, …

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Pocket Gamelan: swinging phones and ad hoc standards
Greg Schiemer
Sonic Arts Research Network
Faculty of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong, Australia
+(612)4221 3584
schiemer@uow.edu.au
Mark Havryliv
Sonic Arts Research Network
Faculty of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong, Australia
+(612)4221 3584
mhavryliv@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
In this paper, we discuss how mobile phones have been used as
devices for active music making, how mobility affects sound and
how communication between phones has been integrated into the
fabric of a new genre of interactive performance by groups of
musicians. We identify some of the issues that stood in the way of
developing two new musical applications for mobile phones,
discuss aspects of performance works developed so far using this
technology and point the way to future development.
Categories and Subject Descriptors
J.5 ARTS AND HUMANITIES - Performing Arts (music)
Keywords
Doppler shift, Bluetooth, j2me, java 2 micro edition, microtonal.
1. INTRODUCTION
Computer music has had two persistent technological legacies.
One is its dependence on performance interfaces designed around
12 equal divisions of the octave. The second is the desktop
computing environment where musical resources are concentrated
in the hands of a single…