Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

This module focuses on the study of real-time interaction from several perspectives, both conceptual and technological.

The conceptual part starts discussing the concept of real-time focusing on real-time musical interaction because, for millennia, musical performance has constituted the paradigm of rich and complex real-time human-machine-interaction. From this musical perspective the concepts of 'controller device' and 'mapping' are studied in depth. The musical context is a core focus in the class, including studying expert interaction, analyzing concepts such as playability, explorability, non-linearity, control, expressiveness or virtuosic interaction.

The technological part of the course starts by defining and studying the more important technical concepts and aspects of real-time interaction and implementations. After that, different programming languages paradigms and different real-time communication protocols between applications are studied.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module will gain qualifications as follows:

• Understand the concept of real-time interaction
• Knowledge on the history and taxonomical study of musical instruments
• Understanding the concept of musical controller, mapping and feedback
• Understanding realtime human-computer interaction in a musical performance perspective.
• Understanding protocols for realtime communication in musical performance

Skills

Students who complete the module will gain qualifications as follows:

• Apply knowledge to the design of an interface for musical expression.

Competences

Students who complete the module will gain qualifications as follows:

• Apply appropriate methods and theories for realtime interaction to the design of a novel interface for musical expression.

Type of instruction

Lectures and laboratories. There is no project associated with this course.

Exam

Exams