Design of a Multi-interface Creativity Support Tool for the Enhancement of the Creativity Process

Sielis, George A.; Papadopoulos, George Α.; Granić, Andrina

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-21657-2_68

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“…The effort to build a new tool to further understand this particular problem is characteristic of a Practice-based research, "an original investigation undertaken in order to gain new knowledge partly by means of practice and the outcomes of that practice" [18]. This methodological approach is suitable to the development of CST's, where the goal is "to facilitate users in generating innovative ideas related to existing open problems, or to new problems that appear on the scene" [19]. Through iterative software enhancement [20], we aim to develop, test and revise multiple versions of the tool in order to evolve our own understanding about the needs of audiovisual authors within the sound design creative domain.…”

Section: Blendwavementioning

confidence: 99%

Blendwave

Azevedo

Bidarra

2017

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Digital Arts

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This paper presents Blendwave, an online sound design application inspired by the ease of use of samplers and the "sfxr family" of sound creation software. Starting from the hypothesis where current software tools have made the creation of sound inaccessible for non-specialist users, we analyze the problems with the musical bias ingrained in DAWs and Patchers, the standard sound design tools. After identifying the Web Audio API as an appropriate technological backbone for an accessible tool, recent online applications are surveyed, followed by popular software used in a rapid prototyping scenario. By acknowledging the merits and shortcomings of these sound creators, we present Blendwave, the byproduct of a practice-based research and development effort towards democratizing sound design as a rapid prototyping activity for audiovisual authors. The idea of a sampler architecture is proposed as a way to augment the sound possibilities of sfxr-based tools while keeping their simplicity. Finally, we report on the current state of development and outline the next steps. CCS CONCEPTS • Information systems → Multimedia information systems; • Applied computing → Arts and humanities; • Information systems → World Wide Web → Web Applications;

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Section: Blendwavementioning

confidence: 99%