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The Sonic Engineering Lab has produced publications in major international conferences and journals of related fields, as well as commissioned performances and installations in renowned international festivals and artistic venues.

Research Papers (Papers, Posters, Demos, etc.)
Refereed Journal Articles

J. Murphy, P. Mathews, J. McVay, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Expressive Robotic Guitars: Developments in Musical Robotics for Chordophones," Computer Music Journal, Volume 39, No. 1, pp. 59-73. Spring 2015. MIT Press.

B. Johnson, “Emerging Technologies For Real-Time Diffusion Performance,” Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 24, pp. 13-15. November 2014. MIT Press.

J. He, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Contemporary Practices of Extending Traditional Asian Instruments Using Technology," Organised Sound, Volume 19, pp. 136-145. Fall 2014. Cambridge University Press.

J. Murphy, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Musical Robotics in a Loudspeaker World: Developments in Alternative Approaches to Localization and Spatialization," Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 22, pp. 41-48. December 2012. MIT Press.

O. Vallis, D. Diakopoulos, J. Hochenbaum, and A. Kapur, "Building on the foundations of network music: exploring interaction contexts and shared robotic instruments," Organized Sound, Volume 17, pp. 62-72. April 2012. Cambridge University Press.

A. Kapur, M. Darling, D. Diakopoulos, J. Murphy, J. Hochenbaum, O. Vallis, and C. Bahn, "The Machine Orchestra: An ensemble of human laptop performers and robotic musical instruments," Computer Music Journal, Volume 35, Number 4, pp. 49-53. Winter 2011. MIT Press.

O. Vallis and A. Kapur, "Community Based Design: The Democratization of Musical Interface Construction," Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 21, pp. 29-34. December 2011. MIT Press.

Conference Proceedings

2015

T. Barraclough, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "Musical Instrument Design Process for Mobile Technology," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 2015.

T. Barraclough, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "Pyxis Minor: App Design for Novel Social Music Experiences," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Vancouver, Canada, August 2015.

P. Dunham and B. Johnson, " A Fractured Earth: Sonification and Spatialisation of Seismic Data with Max/MSP and speaker.motion," Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, November 2015.

J. He, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Developing a Physical Gesture Acquisition System for Guqin Performance," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 2015.

J. He, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Characterizing Guqin Zou Shou Yin: Analyzing physical gesture data of Guqin performers to categorize sliding tones," Proceedings of 2015 International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS), Kyoto, Japan, September 2015.

J. He, "Re-Visioning Guqin Performance," 19th International CHIME Meeting: The New Face of Chinese Music, Haute école de musique de Genève, Switzerland, October 2015.

B. Johnston, M. Norris, B. Johnson, A. Kapur, "Carme: A Multi-Touch Controller for Real Time Spatialisation of Gestural Behaviour," Proceedings for the Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, November 2015.

J. Long, J. W. Murphy, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "A Comparative Evaluation of Percussion Mechanisms for Musical Robotics Applications," Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA), Queenstown, New Zealand, February 2015.

J. Long, J. W. Murphy, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "A Methodology for Evaluating Robotic Striking Mechanisms for Musical Contexts," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 2015.

J. Long, "Augmenting Virtual Worlds with Musical Robotics," Proceedings of the International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), Vancouver, Canada, August 2015.

J. Long, J. Bailey, J. McVay, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "Improving the Musical Expressiveness of Tesla Coils with Software," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Denton, Texas, September 2015.

J. McVay, D. A. Carnegie, and J. W. Murphy, "An Overview of MechBass: A Four String Robotic Bass Guitar," Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA), Queenstown, New Zealand, February 2015.

D. Siwiak, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Micro-timing as a Feature for Investigating Musicality," Proceedings of 2015 International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS), Kyoto, Japan, September 2015.

M. H. Zareei, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "Noise Square: Physical Sonification of Cellular Automata through Mechatronic Sound-sculpture," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Vancouver, Canada, August 2015.

M. H. Zareei, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Rasping Music: Remodeling Early Minimalist Music through Mechatronic Sound-sculpture," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Denton, TX, October 2015.

2014

T. Barraclough, J. Murphy, and A. Kapur, “New Open Source Interfaces for Group Based Participatory Performance of Live Electronic Music," Proceedings for the International Conference on New Musical Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, UK, July 2014.

K. Christopher, A. Kapur, D. A. Carnegie, and G. Grimshaw, "A history of emerging paradigms in EEG for music," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

B. Johnson, M. Norris, and A. Kapur, "The Development of Physical Spatial Controllers," Proceedings for the International Conference on New Musical Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, UK, July 2014.

B. Johnson, M. Norris, and A. Kapur, "Protocol and Modularity in New Diffusion Systems," Proceedings of Australasian Computer Music Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2014.

B. Johnson, M. Norris, and A. Kapur, "tactile.motion: An iPad Based Performance Interface for Increased Expressivity in Diffusion Performance," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

B. Johnson, M. Norris, and A. Kapur, "Diffusing Diffusion: A History of the Technological Advances in Spatial Performance," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

B. Johnston, H. Dengate Thrush, J. Murphy, T. Molata, and A. Kapur, “Polus: The Design and Development of a New, Mechanically Bowed String Instrument Ensemble," Proceedings for the International Conference on New Musical Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, UK, July 2014.

B. Johnston, J. Bailey, and D. McKinnon, "NICO: an open-source interface bridging the gap between musician and tesla coil," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

J. Long, J. W. Murphy, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "The Robotic Taishogoto: A Systems Overview and Evaluation," Proceedings of the Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), Waikato, New Zealand, November 2014.

P. Mathews, J. Murphy, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, “Tangle: A Flexible Framework for Performance with Advanced Robotic Musical Instruments," Proceedings for the International Conference on New Musical Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, UK, July 2014.

J. Murphy, P. Mathews, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, “Robot: Tune Yourself! Automatic Tuning for Musical Robotics," Proceedings for the International Conference on New Musical Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, UK, July 2014.

J. Murphy, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Little Drummer Bot: building, testing, and interfacing with a new expressive mechatronic drum system," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

J. Murphy, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Mechatronic Keyboard Music: design, evaluation, and use of a new mechatronic harmonium," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

D. Siwiak, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Pitch Interval Detection and Classical Flute Pedagogy: An ‘Elementary’ Connection," Proceedings of Australasian Computer Music Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2014.

D. Siwiak, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Music Technology's Influence on Flute Pedagogy: A Survey of their Intersection," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

M. H. Zareei, D. McKinnon, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, “complex: Physical Re-sonification of Urban Noise,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display, New York, US, June 2014.

M. H. Zareei, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, “Rasper: a Mechatronic Noise-intoner," Proceedings for the International Conference on New Musical Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, UK, July 2014.

M. H. Zareei, D. A. Carnegie, A. Kapur, and D. McKinnon, "Mutor: Drone Chorus of Metrically Muted Motors," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2014.

2013

K. Christopher, G. M. Grimshaw, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, “Towards effective neurofeedback driven by immersive art environments,” ACNS-2013 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference (Frontiers), Melbourne, Australia, November 2013.

K. Christopher, J. He, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Interactive Sound Synthesis Mediated through Computer Networks," Proceedings of the Symposium on Sound and Interactivity, Singapore, November 2013.

K. Christopher, A. Kapur, D. A. Carnegie, and G. M. Grimshaw, “Implementing 3D visualizations of EEG signals in artistic applications,” Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, November 2013, IEEE Press.

B. Johnson and A. Kapur, “Multi-touch Interfaces For Phantom Source Positioning In Live Sound Diffusion,” Proceedings of International Conference on New Interfaces For Musical Expression, Daejeon and Seoul, Korea, May 2013.

B. Johnson, J. Murphy, and A. Kapur, "Designing Gestural Interfaces For Live Diffusion," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Western Australia, August 2013.

J. Murphy, J. McVay, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Designing and Building Expressive Robotic Guitars," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Daejeon and Seoul, Korea, May 2013.

J. Murphy and A. Kapur, "Swivel: Analysis and Systems Overview of a New Robotic Guitar," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Western Australia, August 2013.

J. Murphy, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Swivel 2: A Systems Overview and Evaluation of a New Mechatronic Slide Guitar," Proceedings of the 2013 Engineering New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, September 2013.

M. H. Zareei, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Noise On the Grid: Rhythmic Pulse In Electronic and Experimental Noise Music," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Western Australia, August 2013.

2012

J. Hochenbaum and A. Kapur, "Drum Stroke Computing: Multimodal Signal Processing for Drum Stroke Identification and Performance Metrics," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2012.

J. Hochenbaum and A. Kapur, "Improving Onset Detection Accuracy in Non-Percussive Sounds Using Multimodal Fusion," Proceedings of Australasian Computer Music Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 2012.

J. Hochenbaum and A. Kapur, "Nuance: A Software Tool for Capturing Synchronous Data Streams From Multimodal Musical Systems," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2012.

B. Johnson and A. Kapur, "tactile.space: A Multi-Touch Tool For Live Sound Diffusion," Proceedings of Australasian Computer Music Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 2012.

B. Johnston, O. Vallis, and A. Kapur, "A Comparative User Study of Two Methods of Control on a MultiTouch Surface for Musical Expression," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2012.

B. Johnston and A. Kapur, "EZither: Extended Techniques for Customised Digital Bowed String Instrument," Proceedings of Australasian Computer Music Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 2012.

A. Kapur, J. Murphy, and D. A. Carnegie, "Kritaanjli: A Robotic Harmonium for Performance, Pedagogy, and Research," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2012.

J. McVay, J. Murphy, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "MechBass: A Systems Overview of a New Four-Stringed Robotic Bass Guitar," Proceedings of the 2012 Electronics New Zealand Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2012.

J. Murphy, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Better Drumming Through Calibration: Techniques for Pre-Performance Robotic Percussion Optimization," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2012.

J. Murphy, A. Kapur, and D. A. Carnegie, "Interacting With Solenoid Drummers: A Quantitative Approach to Composing and Performing With Open-Loop Solenoid-Based Percussion Systems," Proceedings of Australasian Computer Music Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 2012.

2011

J. Erskine and A. Kapur, "E-Suling: Extended Techniques for Indonesian Performance," Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2011.

J. Hochenbaum and A. Kapur, "Adding Z-Depth and Pressure Expressivity to Tangible Tabletop Surfaces," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Oslo, Norway, May 2011.

A. Kapur, M. Darling, J. Murphy, J. Hochenbaum, and D. Diakopoulos, "The KarmetiK NotomotoN: A new breed of musical robot for teaching and performance," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Oslo, Norway, May 2011.

J. Murphy and A. Kapur, "The gallery as an instrument: Using remote sensing technology to interface with musical robotics," Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2011.

O. Vallis, J. Hochenbaum, J. Murphy, and A. Kapur, "The Chronome: A case study in designing new continuously expressive musical instruments," Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2011.

R. G. Vindriis, D. A. Carnegie, and A. Kapur, "A Comparison of Pick-Based Strategies for Robotic Bass Playing," Proceedings of the 2011 Electronics New Zealand Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand, November 2011.

2010

J. Hochenbaum, A. Kapur, and M. Wright, “Multimodal Musician Recognition," Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Sydney, Australia, June 2010.

J. Hochenbaum, O. Vallis, D. Diakopoulos, J. Murphy and A. Kapur, “On Designing Expressive Musical Interfaces for TableTop Surfaces,” Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Sydney, Australia, June 2010.

A. Kapur, M. Darling, M. Wiley, O. Vallis, and J. Hochenbaum, "The Machine Orchestra," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, New York City, New York, June 2010.

O. Vallis, J. Hochenbaum, and A. Kapur, “A Shift Towards Iterative and Open-Source Design for Musical Interfaces,” Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Sydney, Australia, June 2010.

2009

D. Diakopoulos, O. Vallis, J. Hochenbaum, J. Murphy, and A. Kapur, "21st Century Electronica: MIR Techniques for Classification and Performance," Proceedings of the International Society on Music Information Retrieval Conference, Kobe, Japan, October 2009.

J. Hochenbaum and O. Vallis, "Bricktable: A Musical Tangible Multi-Touch Interface," Proceedings of Berlin Open Conference, Berlin, Germany, 2009.

Thesis (Masters, Ph.D., etc.)

J. Murphy, "Expressive Musical Robots: Building, Evaluating, and Interfacing with an Ensemble of Mechatronic Instruments", Ph.D. Thesis, New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014.

J. Hochenbaum, "L’Arte di Interazione Musicale: New Musical Possibilities through Multimodal Techniques," Ph.D. Thesis, New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2013.

B. Johnson, “Diffusion Evolved: New Musical Interfaces Applied To Diffusion Performance,” MMA Thesis, New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2013.

O. Vallis, "Contemporary Approaches to Live Computer Music: The Evolution of the Performer Composer," Ph.D. Thesis, New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2013.

Artistic (Performances, Installations, etc.)

J. He, "Sonic Evocations," Proceedings of the International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X, Mosteiro São Bento da Vitória, Portugal, June 2014.

O. Vallis, "Generative Algorithmic Music," Guest on UpBeat program on Radio NZ, Wellington, New Zealand, August 2011. http://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2496586/owen-vallis

O. Vallis, "Machine Orchestra," Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand, August 2010.

O. Vallis, "Roots on the Bricktable," Wellington BLOW festival, Wellington, New Zealand, November 2009.

N. Wu, J. He, and J. Murphy, "Wu Na Guqin Recital," Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington, October 2014.

M. H. Zareei, "Noise Square," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Vancouver, Canada, August 2015.

M. H. Zareei, "Robotics and Music of the Future," Guest on Standing Room Only program on Radio NZ, Wellington, New Zealand, November 2014. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/20157315/robotics-and-music-of-the-future

M. H. Zareei, "Artifice," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Dubai, UAE, November 2014.

M. H. Zareei, "rasping music", Lux Festival, Wellington, New Zealand, August 2014.

M. H. Zareei, "complex," Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display, New York, NY, June 2014.

M. H. Zareei, "Abrasive Stanza No. 1," Proceedings of International Conference on New Interfaces For Musical Expression, London, UK, June 2014.

M. H. Zareei, "rasping music", Wound Sound, Wellington, New Zealand, November 2013.

M. H. Zareei, "rasping music", Sonic Arts and Engineering Expo, Wellington, New Zealand, October 2013.

M. H. Zareei, "Brazen Bull Love," Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Western Australia. August 2013.

M. H. Zareei, "Brazen Bull Love," Sonic Arts Exhibition, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand. October 2012.

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