The Sound Forest : Smartphoneenabled Modulation of Music Through Bodily Movements

Sammanfattning

There is a growing interest in designing for whole body interactions in the field of Human–Computer Interaction, where numerous researchers are using this knowledge for creating new age digital musical instruments, with the secondary focus on creating inclusive music creation mediums for all. The aim was to create a new interaction medium for Sound Forest, a digital musical instrument at Stockholm Museum of Performing Arts. In this report we have used an Android app to allow users to modulate sound created by the Sound Forest by their hand movements. The app was tested and evaluated by 9 individual users, where they were told to use the app and were asked to try to modulate the sound with their hands while holding the phone in their hand. They were asked to fill a Google Form that inquired about their experience and asked about their informal feedback regarding the process. The data was visualised and observed, where one can see the moderate success of the mappings and visual feedback provided by the app. Qualitative suggestions provided by the users were recorded for future development and evaluation.