CongAr: uma proposta de instrumento musical digital baseado em congas percussivas

• Lucas Zampar Federal University of Amapá
• Josemar Gama Federal University of Amapá
• Joelden Lopes Federal University of Amapá
• Douglas Silva Federal University of Amapá
• Felipe Rodrigues Federal University of Amapá
• Cláudio Gomes Federal University of Amapá

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcm.2021.19460

Abstract

In recent years, it is possible to observe the proliferation of new digital musical instruments (DMI) with different performances and purposes. Currently, DMIs have a combination of sound synthesis interfaces, gestures and other sensors with possible incorporation into computers. This work proposes a prototype of a digital musical instrument for congas percussion entitled CongAr. CongAr uses two distance sensors representing the congas and an arduino prototype, that is, each distance captured by the sensor turns into a musical drum stroke. The CongAr transmits information via serial mode, local or global communication network in audio or MIDI form. The CongAr is a distributed performative model, which allows actions between multiple participants and can play together. For this, the CongAr has an information capture manager to generate the referred contents. Tests were carried out with musicians and non-musicians from a qualitative questionnaire with satisfactory results of usability, understanding and visual communication.

Keywords: digital musical instruments, movement and gesture, Real-time Interactive Systems

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