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Wireless Interactive Sonification of Large Water Waves to Demonstrate the Facilities of a Large-Scale Research Wave Tank

Wireless Interactive Sonification of Large Water Waves to Demonstrate the Facilities of a... Interactive sonification can provide a platform for demonstration and education as well as for monitoring and investigation. We present a system designed to demonstrate the facilities of the UK's most advanced large-scale research wave tank. The interactive sonification of water waves in the “ocean basin” wave tank at Plymouth University consisted of a number of elements: generation of ocean waves, acquisition and sonification of ocean-wave measurement data, and gesture-controlled pitch and amplitude of sonifications. The generated water waves were linked in real time to sonic features via depth monitors and motion tracking of a floating buoy. Types of water-wave patterns, varying in shape and size, were selected and triggered using wireless motion detectors attached to the demonstrator's arms. The system was implemented on a network of five computers utilizing Max/MSP alongside specialist marine research software, and was demonstrated live in a public performance for the formal opening of the Marine Institute building. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Computer Music Journal MIT Press

Wireless Interactive Sonification of Large Water Waves to Demonstrate the Facilities of a Large-Scale Research Wave Tank

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Publisher
MIT Press
Copyright
© 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Subject
Sonification
ISSN
0148-9267
eISSN
1531-5169
DOI
10.1162/COMJ_a_00315
Publisher site
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Abstract

Interactive sonification can provide a platform for demonstration and education as well as for monitoring and investigation. We present a system designed to demonstrate the facilities of the UK's most advanced large-scale research wave tank. The interactive sonification of water waves in the “ocean basin” wave tank at Plymouth University consisted of a number of elements: generation of ocean waves, acquisition and sonification of ocean-wave measurement data, and gesture-controlled pitch and amplitude of sonifications. The generated water waves were linked in real time to sonic features via depth monitors and motion tracking of a floating buoy. Types of water-wave patterns, varying in shape and size, were selected and triggered using wireless motion detectors attached to the demonstrator's arms. The system was implemented on a network of five computers utilizing Max/MSP alongside specialist marine research software, and was demonstrated live in a public performance for the formal opening of the Marine Institute building.

Journal

Computer Music JournalMIT Press

Published: Sep 1, 2015

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