The FireFader: Simple, Open-Source, and Reconfigurable Haptic Force Feedback for Musicians

Berdahl, Edgar; Kontogeorgakopoulos, Alexandros

doi:10.1162/comj_a_00166

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“…This kind of thinking is also helpful when designing virtual instruments for haptic interaction. The authors are working on this endeavor not only by prototyping, iterating, and refining interaction designs into music compositions, but also by expanding and honing the content available in the Open-Source Haptics for Artists repository [6,7,9,11].…”

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Force-Feedback Instruments for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana

Berdahl

Pfalz

Blandino

et al. 2018

Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems

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Digital musical instruments yielding force feedback were designed and employed in a case study with the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana. The advantages of force feedback are illuminated through the creation of a series of musical compositions. Based on these and a small number of other prior music compositions, the following compositional approaches are recommended: providing performers with precise, physically intuitive, and reconfigurable controls, using traditional controls alongside force-feedback controls as appropriate, and designing timbres that sound uncannily familiar but are nonetheless novel. Video-recorded performances illustrate these approaches, which are discussed by the composers. IntroductionApplications of force feedback for designing musical instruments have been studied since as early as 1978 at ACROE [14,17,21,36] (Chap. 8 reports on recent advancements). Such works provide a crucial reference for understanding the role that haptic technology can play in music, and these are described in detail in a preceding chapter. The wider computer music community has demonstrated a sustained interest in incorporating force-feedback technology into musical works and projects. This has been evidenced by a series of projects during recent decades.

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confidence: 99%

“…6 The reader For Guest Dimensions, the general modal synthesis model incorporates a resonators object that is plucked using a single FireFader knob (see Table 9.1)…”

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Force-Feedback Instruments for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana

Berdahl

Pfalz

Blandino

et al. 2018

Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems

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“…More recently, Berdahl and Kontogeorgakopoulos [2] developed the FireFader, a motorized faders using sensors and DC motors to introduce musicians to haptic controllers. Both the software and hardware used for the project are open-source, allowing musicians to customize the mapping of the interface to their specific needs.…”

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Design of Vibrotactile Feedback and Stimulation for Music Performance

Giordano

Sullivan

Wanderley

2018

Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems

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Haptics, and specifically vibrotactile-augmented interfaces, have been the object of much research in the music technology domain: In the last few decades, many musical haptic interfaces have been designed and used to teach, perform, and compose music. The investigation of the design of meaningful ways to convey musical information via the sense of touch is a paramount step toward achieving truly transparent haptic-augmented interfaces for music performance and practice, and in this chapter we present our recent work in this context. We start by defining a model for haptic-augmented interfaces for music, and a taxonomy of vibrotactile feedback and stimulation, which we use to categorize a brief literature review on the topic. We then present the design and evaluation of a haptic language of cues in the form of tactile icons delivered via vibrotactile-equipped wearable garments. This language constitutes the base of a "wearable score" used in music performance and practice. We provide design guidelines for our tactile icons and user-based evaluations to assess their effectiveness in delivering musical information and report on the system's implementation in a live musical performance.

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“…Other devices have more specific uses, and their design leverages knowledge of the intended user to improve performance. The FireFader [7] is a one DOF slider used to introduce haptics to virtual instruments, and borrows design elements from the motorized fader, a familiar mechanism to musicians.…”

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A Ball and Beam Module for a Haptic Paddle Education Platform

Rose

Bucki

O’Malley

2017

Volume 3: Vibration in Mechanical Systems; Modeling and Validation; Dynamic Systems and Control Education; Vibrations and Contr

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Single degree of freedom force-feedback mechatronic devices, often called haptic paddles, are used in university curriculum as well as massive open online courses (MOOCs). While devices differ based on the goals of a given course, broadly speaking they provide hands-on learning for students studying mechatronics and dynamics. We introduce the third iteration of the Haptic Paddle at Rice University, which has been modified to improve haptic performance and robustness. The modifications to the design increased device up time as well as the devices Zwidth. The performance improvement enables the addition of experimental plants to the haptic paddle base, which can be directed at advanced dynamics and controls courses, or special topics in mechatronics and haptics. The first module, a Haptic Ball and Beam, adds an underactuated plant for teleoperation or more complex control structures, and a testbed for haptic motor learning experiments in undergraduate coursework.

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The FireFader: Simple, Open-Source, and Reconfigurable Haptic Force Feedback for Musicians

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

Force-Feedback Instruments for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana

Force-Feedback Instruments for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana

Design of Vibrotactile Feedback and Stimulation for Music Performance

A Ball and Beam Module for a Haptic Paddle Education Platform

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