Ten-Hand Piano: A Networked Music Installation

• Author(s): Barbosa, Álvaro
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/5006
• Origin: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
• Subject(s): Network Music Instruments; Real-Time Collaborative Performance; Electronic Music Instruments; Behavioral Driven Interfaces; Algorithmic Composition; Public Music; Sound Objects
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

This paper presents the latest developments of the Public Sound Objects (PSOs) system, an experimental framework to implement and test new concepts for Networked Music. The project of a Public interactive installation using the PSOs system was commissioned in 2007 by Casa da Musica, the main concert hall space in Porto. It resulted in a distributed musical structure with up to ten interactive performance terminals distributed along the Casa da Musica’s hallways, collectively controlling a shared acoustic piano. The installation allows the visitors to collaborate remotely with each other, within the building, using a software interface custom developed to facilitate collaborative music practices and with no requirements in terms previous knowledge of musical performance.