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====== Graphical Interfaces for Musical Performance and Improvisation ======
{{template>projects:summary
|title=Graphical Interfaces for Musical Performance and Improvisation|
|participants=[[people:Mark Zadel]]\\
 [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]] (supervisor)\\
 [[people:Gary Scavone]] (supervisor)|
|type=Ph.D. |
|funding=NSERC (Zadel), CIRMMT (Zadel)|
|license=|
|period=2005--present.|
|status=ongoing.|
|image=software:different_strokes:different_strokes.png
|caption=Screenshot of Different Strokes in action.
}}

===== Project Description =====

Different Strokes is a software system for performing music on a computer. It
aims to allow a performer to create much of his or her performance sequences
on-stage instead of relying on prepared control material.

The program resembles a freehand drawing application. The drawn strokes create
animated figures whose motion is mapped to sample playback. The musician
performs by assembling networks of strokes live, generating audio patterns.

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===== Media =====

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===== Software =====

  * [[projects:software:Different Strokes]]

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===== Publications =====

  * [[people:Mark Zadel]]. "{{publications:2012:zadel_phd_dissertation_2012.pdf|Graphical Performance Software in Contexts: Explorations with Different Strokes}}", //Ph.D. thesis//. Co-supervisors: Marcelo M. Wanderley and Gary Scavone. Thesis defended on November 12, 2012.
  * [[people:Mark Zadel]], [[people:Stephen Sinclair]] and [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]]. {{publications:dimplestrokes_cameraready_june3.pdf|"Haptic feedback for Different Strokes using DIMPLE"}}. In //Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)//, pp. 291-294, Montreal, Qc., Canada, 2009.
  * [[people:Mark Zadel]] and [[people:Gary Scavone]]. {{publications:2006:zadel_icmc2006.pdf|"Laptop Performance: Techniques, Tools, and a New Interface Design"}}. In //Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)//, New Orleans, USA, 2006.
  * [[people:Mark Zadel]] and [[people:Gary Scavone]]. {{publications:2006:zadel_nime2006.pdf|"Different Strokes: a Prototype Software System for Laptop Performance and Improvisation"}}. In //Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)//, pp. 168-171, Paris, France, 2006.
  * [[people:Mark Zadel]]. {{publications:2006:zadel_ma_thesis2006.pdf|"A Software System for Laptop Performance and Improvisation"}}. //M.A. Thesis//, McGill University. May 2006. (1.8 MBytes)

{{tag>Interface Software Drawing}}