by Mark Kleback
Background
Question
Can the audience of a music venue participate in a musical performance?
Website
A system for accepting and organizing crowd-sourced samples
Interface
Build easy-to-use interfaces for large crowds of people to use
Performances
Death By Audio - private party
Inputs: microphone, drum pad, synthesizer
30 Participants
75 Minute Performance
Death By Audio Show
Interesting Musically
Worked well for a small group
Installation?
Performances
La Sala - public venue
Inputs: microphone
30 Participants
45 Minute Performance
La Sala
La Sala
Performances
Secret Project Robot
Live Musicians (guitar and saxophone)
Performance plus participation
50 Participants
45 Minute Performance
Secret Project Robot
Feedback
"This is exactly what I expected Musical Turk to sound like"
"I love the huge buttons. It makes the instrument more approachable"
"It feels like I'm at a Velvet Underground show at the Factory"
User Scenarios
On website
At performance venue
Live streaming during performance
Location based
Going Further
Performative or Exploratory?
Add curation
How to deal with large crowds
More interesting interfaces
Final Interface Design
Live Demo
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