Music 53 / 153 /
Engineering Science ES 95me

Electronic Musical Instrument Design

Instructor: Paul D. Lehrman   •   M, W 1:30 - 2:45 pm   •   Spring semester only

INFORMATION:

What is this Course and Who Should Take It?

Course Requirements & Policies

Assignments

Readings

Lecture notes

Max Patch examples


Guest Presentations Spring 2008

Feb 6, Vessela Stoyanova, Fluttr Effect — Buchla Marimba Lumina

Feb. 13, Dr. Bruce Ronkin, Northeastern University — Yamaha WX wind controllers

Feb. 18, Andrew Margules, Tufts Graduate Student — Sensors for Music

Mar. 5, Matt Nolan, Berklee College of Music — Music with Wii Controllers

Mar. 26, Mario DeCuiitas, Alternate Mode Inc. — Mallet KAT and other controller


Read about this course:


Winter 2007

November 2006
MAGAZINE
August 2005

November 13, 2001


Paper (PDF) by instructor Paul Lehrman and student Todd Ryan, presented at the 5th New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2005.
Electronic Musical Instrument Design in Performance!

Paul Lehrman and Phil Acimovic perform
Imaginary Dialogues on 2 Wii Remotes
at the "ElectronNME" concert, April 25, 2008

25 MB

Seth Goldenberg plays the
Wireless M*A*R*T*H*A
at the "Composers in Transit" concert,
April 12, 2007

28 MB

Student Project Reports

2008

The Xenbox
The Octable
The MIDITie
MIDIShoes
The Musical Stick
Red vs. Blue
The Musical Baby
One Man Band v2.0

2007

The Racket Saber
Drum Pants


2006

The Four-Wheeled Cello
The M*A*R*T*H*A
The Big-A**Box
The Stringless Guitar



The Ubertheremin
The Laserharp
The Robolunga
The Schwinnophone
Nintendarcade


Edward Sensorhands
The Digital Washboard 
The Virtual Lunga
The Carstrument

 

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