A Microcomputer-Based Conducting System

Abstract

Conducting System 1. This paper has grown out of an earlier one (Buxton, Reeves, Fedorkow, Smith, and Baecker 1979) which was presented at the 64th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society. While certain parts of the text are the same, the bulk of the paper has been rewritten and expanded to better represent the current state of the system and the interests of the readers of Computer Music Journal.

Musicians Make a Standard: The MIDI Phenomenon

“…Here, we will indeed make the same mistake with MIDI that was made for document preparation unless we develop representations which can express the formal structure of music. A good example of a hierarchical data structure for music can be found in the work of William Buxton (1980). To this end, Goldfarb has recently broached the subject of developing a standard for music databases through ANSI.…”

User-interface devices for rapid and exact number specification

“…Schemes for fast modification of a number by clicking on it and "dragging" it up and down using a mouse are described in [Zicarelli 1987] and [Buxton et al 1980]. Fast modification is enabled, but the user has no indication and control regarding the range and spacing in which the number is modified.…”