The Machine Orchestra: An Ensemble of Human Laptop Performers and Robotic Musical Instruments

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December 01 2011 The Machine Orchestra: An Ensemble of Human Laptop Performers and Robotic Musical Instruments Ajay Kapur, Ajay Kapur *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com†New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Michael Darling, Michael Darling *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Dimitri Diakopoulos, Dimitri Diakopoulos *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Jim W. Murphy, Jim W. Murphy *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com†New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Jordan Hochenbaum, Jordan Hochenbaum †New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Owen Vallis, Owen Vallis †New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Curtis Bahn Curtis Bahn *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com†New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com**Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590 USA. crb@rpi.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ajay Kapur *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com†New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Michael Darling *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com Dimitri Diakopoulos *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com Jim W. Murphy *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com†New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Jordan Hochenbaum †New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Owen Vallis †New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com Curtis Bahn *California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355 USA. ajay@karmetik.commdarling@calarts.eduddiakopoulos@gmail.comjim.w.murphy@gmail.comowensvallis@gmail.com†New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 2332, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand. jhochenbaum@gmail.com**Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590 USA. crb@rpi.edu Online ISSN: 1531-5169 Print ISSN: 0148-9267 © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2011 Computer Music Journal (2011) 35 (4): 49–63. https://doi.org/10.1162/COMJ_a_00090 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Ajay Kapur, Michael Darling, Dimitri Diakopoulos, Jim W. Murphy, Jordan Hochenbaum, Owen Vallis, Curtis Bahn; The Machine Orchestra: An Ensemble of Human Laptop Performers and Robotic Musical Instruments. Computer Music Journal 2011; 35 (4): 49–63. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/COMJ_a_00090 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsComputer Music Journal Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2011 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.