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Welcome to Sonic Interactions
Join us on a journey into the captivating world where design, sound, and technology converge. This site is dedicated to the fascinating exploration and research at this electrifying intersection. Here, we delve deep into the realms of creativity, where user experience design (UX) merge seamlessly with auditory experiences and emergent technologies. Whether you’re a passionate…
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Pairing Motivation
“I had an ergonomic problem and I paired it with a motivation,” Westerman said of the early inspiration. “I’d always felt that playing the piano was so much more graceful and expressive than using a computer keyboard, and I thought how great it would be if I pulled some of that expression from the piano…
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Workshop Talk at IRCAM
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the prestigious IRCAM, a Music & Technology institution in Paris. If you’ve unfamiliar with IRCAM it’s worth doing a little digging, they’re the place where Max was first created, a music/sound programming environment that’s become the standard in visual programming environments for realtime sound installations and…
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Workshop in Chicago at MWUX
A question that keeps running through my mind is what is the proper context for a Workshop on Creating Musical Instruments with new technology? Most might answer with a music school or university and others might say a place where people study electronics and engineering, but personally, coming from a UX and Interaction Design background…
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Sensors for Gestural Musical Interfaces
The basis for any tangible interface that interacts with a computer or electronics is the sensor. Sensors track a change in themselves or the environment and convey this change to the computer in the form of a number. A sensor could track anything from a touch to a stretch or a shake. Using this changing…
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Workshop Structure
One Day Workshop (more detail)
